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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Holling's sister's new friend during spring break in April?
(a) Cloud.
(b) Breeze.
(c) Chit.
(d) Light.

2. When did Mrs. Baker win an Olympic medal?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1959.

3. In March, when Mr. Vendleri comes to fix the ceiling tiles in Mrs. Baker's room, whose shoe is found?
(a) Danny's.
(b) Doug's.
(c) Doug Swieteck's brother's.
(d) Meryl Lee's.

4. When Mrs. Baker takes Holling on an architectural tour, when was the Quaker meetinghouse built that she shows him?
(a) 1692.
(b) 1664.
(c) 1643.
(d) 1676.

5. What color sneakers does Mrs. Baker wear when she and Holling go out to the track in March?
(a) Black.
(b) Pink.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lieutenant Baker was hiding in the jungle near Khesanh, what did he eat?

2. In May, in what place are the Yankees?

3. How many days after Danny's bar mitzvah does Lieutenant Baker come home?

4. In May, how long does the local newspaper report that the Yankee Stadium job will take?

5. After Holling's sister leaves, what vegetables are no longer served at his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Holling help his sister get back home?

2. What does Mr. Hoodhood want his daughter to do in March?

3. Why does Mrs. Baker stay behind after the Yankees' opening game?

4. What is Danny doing for Valentine's Day?

5. What does Holling's father's concept of the new junior high look like?

6. Why do Meryl Lee and Holling fight after Valentine's Day?

7. How does Holling describe falling out of love?

8. Why does Holling find it frightening when Mrs. Sidman announces that Holling is on the varsity cross-country team?

9. What does Holling do with his sister when Bobby Kennedy is shot?

10. What announcement does President Lyndon B. Johnson make in April?

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