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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 does Miranda find at the sandwich shop?
(a) Her backpack.
(b) Spare change.
(c) Another note.
(d) An iPod.

2. What did the person in #39 tell Miranda after the person was punched?
(a) They should take a break from being friends.
(b) He was moving away.
(c) He had to go to the hospital.
(d) He loved her.

3. How does Miranda know the boy in #63?
(a) He was in her kindergarten class.
(b) He is in her art class.
(c) He is the one who punched Sal.
(d) He is hall monitor during third period.

4. How does Miranda feel about Annemarie's father?
(a) Scared.
(b) Charmed.
(c) Alarmed.
(d) Trusting.

5. What does Miranda ask the big boy who comes up behind her on the street?
(a) Where he got his shoes.
(b) If she knows him.
(c) What time it is.
(d) If he will leave her alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miranda's first female friend?

2. Where does Miranda invite Annemarie in Chapter 19?

3. The date on which Miranda's mother will be asked to appear on a TV show is predicted accurately via _____________.

4. Who punched the person in #39?

5. At what time of day was the show in #2 broadcast?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the content of the mysterious notes and who is writing them?

3. Who is Quack and how does Miranda know him?

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

5. Why is Miranda startled upon returning home from school one day?

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

7. What does Miranda's mother think is the only good thing about living in their apartment building?

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

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

10. How does the motif of time travel become introduced in the story?

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