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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 is one of the things on Miranda's mother's list of things she would do if she won the game show money?
(a) Take a trip to China.
(b) Buy a new wardrobe.
(c) Buy a new car.
(d) Buy a new house.

2. Why did the person in #39 get punched?
(a) For shouting an obscenity.
(b) For flirting with his girl.
(c) For tripping him.
(d) For no reason.

3. What does the shop owner give Colin, Miranda and Annemarie for payment?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) Candy.
(c) Movie tickets.
(d) A sandwich and soda.

4. What does Miranda do when she is afraid of someone on the street?
(a) She runs the other way.
(b) She asks the person what time it is.
(c) She talks on her cell phone.
(d) She crosses the street.

5. Why could Miranda's mother not finish her university education?
(a) She ran out of money.
(b) She lost interest.
(c) She got ill.
(d) She had a baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Miranda and Richard help Miranda's mother do every night?

2. How does Miranda feel about her apartment?

3. What did the person in #39 tell Miranda after the person was punched?

4. Where does the person in #50 ask Miranda to go?

5. What is Miranda's mother's current state of mind?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Miranda's mother so sad about her life?

2. What has Miranda not noticed about Sal's behavior lately that might indicate that he wanted to withdraw from her for awhile?

3. What is the premise of WHEN YOU REACH ME?

4. Where do Miranda and her mother keep a spare key to the apartment?

5. Where does Miranda find the first note and what is its content?

6. What do Miranda and Richard do with Miranda's mother each evening?

7. Describe Miranda's encounter with the boy who punched Sal the day after Sal was hurt.

8. Who is Marcus and what is his opinion on the book that Miranda always carries with her?

9. What is the nature of Miranda's mother's relationship with Richard?

10. Who is Sal and what is his role in Miranda's life?

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