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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bug sometimes do to calm herself or make herself feel better in Chapter Three?
(a) Pretend she is narrating a story about her own life.
(b) Drink lemonade.
(c) Picture herself onstage.
(d) Sing.

2. What did Uncle Roderick sometimes work as in New York City?
(a) A Drag Queen.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) An accountant.

3. At the end of Chapter Four, why does Bug say she is hesitant about middle school?
(a) She really wants to move to a new state.
(b) She does not want any more big changes in her life.
(c) Her mother might need her help even more at her business.
(d) Uncle Roderick did not want her to go to middle school.

4. In Chapter Two, where did Roderick live before moving with Bug and her mother?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York City.
(d) Arizona.

5. What does Bug wear in Chapter Two that makes her uncomfortable?
(a) Pants.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A hat.
(d) A dress.

6. What is one magazine that Bug's uncle used to subscribe to?
(a) Time.
(b) The National Review.
(c) The Atlantic.
(d) The New Yorker.

7. Where is Bug's father?
(a) He lives in Colorado.
(b) He lives a few towns over.
(c) He died just after she was born.
(d) He lives in Europe.

8. Who are the girls at Moira's house in Chapter Six who were in Bug's sixth-grade class.
(a) Olive and Rauri.
(b) Isla and Olive.
(c) Chloe and Isla.
(d) Evelyn and Alice.

9. In Chapter Seven, what does Bug find in her room that is unusual?
(a) A scarf.
(b) Some food.
(c) A note with strange writing she can not read.
(d) A new book she does not recognize.

10. What did Uncle Roderick have a large collection of?
(a) Ceramic figures.
(b) Records.
(c) Antique furniture.
(d) Makeup.

11. What was Mo's and Bug's relationship like when they were really young?
(a) Perfect.
(b) One-sided.
(c) Based on liking to play outside.
(d) Strained.

12. Why has Bug never had pets before?
(a) They were too much of an expense.
(b) Her father hated animals.
(c) She was allergic.
(d) Uncle Roderick was allergic.

13. In Chapter Five, what happens to Moira?
(a) She gets really hungry.
(b) She steps on a nail polish bottle and cuts her foot.
(c) She faints.
(d) She throws up.

14. What does Bug feel in Chapter One when her uncle dies?
(a) She feels very cold.
(b) She feels as if she can not wake from her sleep.
(c) She feels as if she is on fire.
(d) She feels as if her mattress is tipping.

15. How does Bug often get around her area on her own?
(a) Walk.
(b) Bike.
(c) She drives her mother's car.
(d) Golf cart.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Eight, what series of books prompted Bug to look for secret passages?

2. What are Moira and the others looking at when Bug gets to Moira's house in Chapter Six?

3. In Chapter Three, what happens with Bug's and her mother's guests after the memorial?

4. What did Uncle Roderick always understand about Bug, as she describes it in Chapter Five?

5. When did Bug's mother start her own business?

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