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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the chapter titled Best Educated Guess, what does Suzy say about how she had left things with Franny?
(a) That she still missed Franny so much because of how close they had been right up until Franny died.
(b) That things had ended between them in the worst possible way.
(c) That she should have told Franny not to worry about borrowing her things all the time and that she was not really mad at Franny.
(d) That she had wanted to have ice cream with Franny one last time.

2. In the chapter titled How to Get Things Wrong, what does Franny say to Suzy that hurts her feelings terribly?
(a) She asks Suzy why she has to be so weird.
(b) She tells Suzy she is ugly.
(c) She tells Suzy she does not want to be friends any more.
(d) She asks Suzy why Suzy is so dumb.

3. In the chapter titled Blooms, what does Suzy say people need to know about jellyfish?
(a) They mate for life.
(b) They are taking over the environment.
(c) They are dying at an alarming rate.
(d) They are the most affectionate invertebrates in existence.

4. Who is Suzy's brother's partner?
(a) James.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Ronald.
(d) Rocco.

5. Where do Suzy and her father go every Saturday night together?
(a) The roller skating rink.
(b) The movies.
(c) The bowling alley.
(d) Ming Palace.

6. What does Suzy think does not seem very professional about the psychologist her parents take her to see?
(a) She wears lacy black tights.
(b) She has a lot of toys on her desk.
(c) She takes a phone call several times during their session.
(d) She eats during their session.

7. Who is the long-distance swimmer who is also a jellyfish expert Suzy considers contacting in the chapter titled Experts #2 and 3?
(a) Diane Rehm.
(b) Rhoda Green.
(c) Diana Nyad.
(d) Rona Mayer.

8. Why does Suzy decide not to contact Angel Yanagihara about jellyfish?
(a) She did not seem to like to talk to people.
(b) She thinks Angel might have changed fields of study.
(c) She thinks Angel may be a fraud.
(d) She hurt a mouse with venom, and Suzy did not like that.

9. What does Mrs. Turton tell her class every report or paper should begin with?
(a) A promise.
(b) An introduction that establishes the purpose of the piece of writing.
(c) A question.
(d) A pithy quote.

10. Who does Franny tell Suzy she likes that shocks Suzy?
(a) Dylan Parker.
(b) Rocco.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Justin Maloney.

11. What does Suzy remember her lab partner doing some time ago in school that made him look goofy?
(a) Flipping his eyelids inside out.
(b) Stapling his finger to the bulletin board by accident.
(c) Covering himself entirely in glue.
(d) Rubbing butter all over his belly and trying to slide down the hallway.

12. In the chapter titled Mote of Dust, who ends up being Suzy's lab partner?
(a) Dylan Parker.
(b) Franny Jackson.
(c) Justin Maloney.
(d) Aubrey Miller.

13. About how many hours a day does the long-distance swimmer who is also a jellyfish expert train?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 20 hours.
(c) 14 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

14. What does Suzy find it difficult to tell Franny about in the chapter titled How to Not Say Something Important?
(a) Her father losing his job.
(b) Her parents' divorce.
(c) Her dead pet.
(d) Her grandmother's death.

15. What word does Franny start using all the time in the chapter titled How to Drift Apart?
(a) Brazen.
(b) Wicked.
(c) Cute.
(d) Cool.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Angel initially remind Suzy a little bit of?

2. Where is Suzy when she meets Franny for the first time?

3. In the chapter titled How to Get Things Wrong, who does Franny start sitting with at lunch?

4. What does Suzy's brother do for a living?

5. Where is the long-distance swimmer who is the jellyfish expert trying to swim from and to?

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