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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Uncle Roderick's favorite food?
(a) Pickled okra.
(b) Pasta.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Chocolate.

2. In Chapter Seven, what nightmare does Bug have?
(a) She is drowning.
(b) She is falling.
(c) She is at school and does not know anyone.
(d) She is at the mall with friends and they are all naked, and everyone is laughing, but she can not really join in.

3. In Chapter Eight, what series of books prompted Bug to look for secret passages?
(a) The Lindens.
(b) Harry Potter.
(c) The Outsiders.
(d) The Babysitters' Club.

4. In Chapter Three, what does bug sometimes read in the morning?
(a) Her social media feeds.
(b) Instruction manuals.
(c) A novel.
(d) Comics.

5. When did Bug's mother start her own business?
(a) After Bug's mother gets remarried.
(b) After Bug's mother got her teaching certification.
(c) After Bug's father died and Bug's mother got frustrated with bad sympathy cards.
(d) After Bug's mother learns how to run a restaurant.

6. How long ago was Moira's house built?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 30 years.

7. In Chapter Six, what happens to Bug's room?
(a) It looks like it has been ransacked.
(b) It is way too hot.
(c) It has been painted red.
(d) It is way too cold.

8. Who gave Bug her nickname?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Roderick.
(c) Moira.
(d) Her father.

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

10. In Chapter Six, what does Bug do instead of go to camp?
(a) Spend whole days at her mother's shop.
(b) Spend whole days in the grocery store.
(c) Spend whole days in the library.
(d) Spend whole days outdoors on her own.

11. Who in Bug's life has just died?
(a) Aunt Joan.
(b) Uncle Roderick.
(c) Uncle Henry.
(d) Aunt Jane.

12. What did Bug used to like to drink with Uncle Roderick?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tea.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Soda.

13. Who is Bug's closest friend's mother?
(a) Isla.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Chloe.
(d) Eloise.

14. In Chapter two, what does Bug's mother say everyone deserves the chance to do?
(a) Say goodbye when someone dies.
(b) Follow their dreams.
(c) Eat well.
(d) Go on a hike.

15. In Chapter Seven, what are the best-selling cards Bug's mother has ever made?
(a) The duck series.
(b) Make you own anagram ones.
(c) The tree series.
(d) Fill-in-the-blank ones.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bug feel when her friend hugs her at the end of Chapter Two?

2. What was Mo's and Bug's relationship like when they were really young?

3. In Chapter Five, what happens to Moira?

4. What piece of gossip do the girls at Moira's talk about at the end of Chapter Six?

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

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