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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. In Chapter 21, where does Jacquie take Loother and Lony to get burritos?
(a) Santiago's.
(b) Mariscos.
(c) Don Jose's.
(d) Rosa Cantina.

2. How long is Jacquie staying at Opal's as a trial period in Chapter 18?
(a) After the New Year.
(b) After Thanksgiving.
(c) Until Labor Day.
(d) Until Christmas.

3. Who brushes against Lony's cuts and brings them to Opal's attention?
(a) The dog.
(b) Loother.
(c) Orvil.
(d) Jacquie.

4. What instrument does Orvil's grandmother give him after he is shot?
(a) Harmonica.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Electronic keyboard.
(d) Snare drum.

5. When did some Lenape warriors go into a school and shoot 10 kids and a schoolmaster?
(a) 1764.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1892.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Sean when he began taking piano lessons?

2. Where was Orvill when he got shot?

3. In what area of Oakland did Sean grow up?

4. How much of Sean's first year of high school does he spend at home?

5. What is the name of a man Jacquie meets in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Orvil begin to feel about the pills and that he might run out?

2. How did Orvil get shot?

3. How does Sean meet Orvil for the first time and what do they talk about?

4. Where does Sean spend his first semester of high school, and how does he feel about that?

5. What game do the Red Feather boys make up when they and Opal live in a house up Fruitvale Avenue?

6. How does Orvil start taking more pills than he is told to take?

7. Who recognizes Opal when she starts going to the Friendship Center, and what does the woman have for Opal?

8. What movie does Lony remember he and his brothers used to watch all the time, and what is the movie about?

9. What type of dog do Opal and Jacquie get Lony, and what is the purpose of the dog?

10. How does Opal think Orvil needs to respond to the shooting, and how does she try to help him?

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