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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 appears unexpectedly in the kitchen when Mclean is there?
(a) A golf ball.
(b) A basketball.
(c) A model airplane.
(d) A squirrel.

2. How is Mclean injured at school on Monday morning?
(a) She slammed her locker on her hand.
(b) She spilled chemicals in chemistry class.
(c) She fells down a staircase.
(d) She hurt herself by pulling a mirror off her locker door.

3. What is Mclean's middle name?
(a) Ann.
(b) Marie.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Lynn.

4. Mclean realizes that Deb is considered a/an ______________ by the other students.
(a) Geek.
(b) Genius.
(c) Outcast.
(d) Beauty queen.

5. What does Mclean's mother try to persuade her to do when she calls?
(a) Go to the beach house with her.
(b) Go to church with her.
(c) Go shopping with her.
(d) Go to a movie with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is visiting her father when Mclean returns home from school in Chapter 8?

2. Who is Opal?

3. What community service project is Dave working on?

4. Who tries to contact Mclean when she is on the computer?

5. What does Mclean learn about Dave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Riley points out something to Mclean about making friends when she helps Mclean after she injures herself at her locker? What does Riley tell her that surprises Mclean?

2. How is Mclean's resistance to playing basketball again and getting to know David symbolic of Mclean's inner turmoil about her life in general?

3. Who is Peter and how is his personality revealed more in his request that Mclean go to a game with her mother?

4. What is Mclean's relationship with her parents? What does Mclean blame for her parents' divorce?

5. What does David finally realize about why Mclean is not excited to be at the big game?

6. What do the cupboards at Mclean's house reveal to David about her life and what does she tell him about her transient lifestyle?

7. What changes does Mclean see in her mother when she spots her at the big game?

8. What examples do David and Mclean share with each other when discussing actions and consequences?

9. Why is Mclean's mother upset when she phones Mclean at the beginning of Chapter 5?

10. Why is Mclean reluctant to attend the big basketball game in town?

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