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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 television show does Miranda's mother enjoy?
(a) Password.
(b) The $20,000 Pyramid.
(c) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
(d) The Price is Right.

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

3. Who is Quack?
(a) A homeless man.
(b) The funny kid in class.
(c) The landlord.
(d) The mailman.

4. What does Miranda's mother say is the only good thing about their apartment?
(a) It is cheap.
(b) The location.
(c) Another single mother living downstairs.
(d) Low utility bills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Miranda's mother work?

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

3. What is Annemarie's father's profession?

4. What month is it when the person in #39 gets punched?

5. Even though Miranda's mother is close to Richard she refuses to give him ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miranda compare the game show postcard to in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. What does Miranda do when she encounters someone who frightens her?

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

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

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

8. Describe Annemarie's father and the special attention he provides for his daughter.

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

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

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