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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 community service project is Dave working on?
(a) Painting lines on highways.
(b) The model.
(c) Neighborhood trash pick-up.
(d) Washing trucks.

2. Where does Dave work?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A fast food restaurant.
(c) A gas station.
(d) A grocery.

3. After whom is McLean named?
(a) Her mother's best friend.
(b) A basketball coach.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her aunt.

4. Which of the following is NOT something that upsets Mclean's mother about Mclean's life?
(a) She has to act as a caretaker to her father.
(b) She is always traveling around.
(c) She is not going steady with a boy.
(d) She had to leave school to get insurance papers.

5. What is the name of Mclean's new high school?
(a) George Washington High.
(b) Jackson High.
(c) Lincoln Heights High.
(d) Lakeview High.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Mclean injured at school on Monday morning?

2. Mclean feels that ________________ ruined basketball for her.

3. Why is David in jeopardy of losing his vacation trip with his friends?

4. What item does Deb comment on at Mclean's house?

5. Who is fighting any changes at the restaurant where Mr. Sweet is consulting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the nature of Mclean's relationship with her father.

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

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

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

5. What point of view is the book written in and what does that reveal about Mclean, the main character?

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

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

8. What does Mclean think about when she watches the stars from a party next door one night?

9. What happened that made Mclean feel as if she no longer fit into her mother's world?

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

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