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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. How does Addie's mother feel when they arrive at their new home?
(a) Happy.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Furious.
(d) Resigned.

2. What does Denise say Dwight lacked?
(a) Compassion.
(b) A love of learning.
(c) Smarts.
(d) Money.

3. Who are Soula and Elliot?
(a) The owners of a minimart.
(b) The managers of the trailer park.
(c) The managers of the apartment complex.
(d) Two homeless people.

4. What does Addie's mother forbid her to do?
(a) Hang out at the minimart.
(b) Go over to her best friend's house.
(c) Talk to Dwight.
(d) Talk to her half sisters.

5. How are Addie and her mother different?
(a) Addie is upbeat and her mother is a whiner.
(b) Addie is practical and her mother is a spendthrift.
(c) Addie is robust and her mother is frail.
(d) Addie is upbeat and her mother is depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time does Mommers wake Addie to say she is home?

2. What is Addie trying to figure out about the train track?

3. What does Soula say is her relationship to Elliot?

4. Why does Addie think she blew it when she was nine by telling Dwight Denise wasn't home?

5. What is wrong with Soula?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at Addie's tryout for the orchestra?

2. What does Mommers say when she finally arrives home at 2 a.m.?

3. How does Denise feel about the trailer and why?

4. What does Addie do for Halloween?

5. What are the two vocabulary words Addie is learning that day, and why is she learning them?

6. What were the reactions of Dwight and Grandio when they learned about Denise's disappearance when Addie is nine?

7. How have things changed since Mommers begins to work for Pete?

8. How does Addie learn about Soula's illness?

9. What does Addie say about six steps?

10. Why is everyone happy for Addie and how does Denise suggest they celebrate?

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