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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 discover when she comes home from school one day?
(a) Her mother is baking brownies.
(b) A surprise birthday party.
(c) The apartment door is unlocked.
(d) The apartment is flooded.

2. Who begins to have lunch with Miranda and Annemarie?
(a) Colin.
(b) Marcus.
(c) Aggie.
(d) Sal.

3. Who hosted the show in #2?
(a) Bob Barker.
(b) Dick Clark.
(c) Regis Philbin.
(d) Meredieth Viera.

4. Miranda's mother dates a man with what profession?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Professor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

5. When do Colin, Miranda and Annemarie work at the shop?
(a) During lunch hour.
(b) Sunday afternoons.
(c) After school.
(d) On Saturdays.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author of the notes wants Miranda to mention ________________ in a story.

3. Miranda's mother is __________________.

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

5. What meeting is held each month in the apartment building?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the things Miranda's mother would like to do with the money if she should win at the game show?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Miranda think she is named after?

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

9. What is Miranda's job when she helps out in the school office?

10. What are the two notes that Miranda finds and why are they so unsettling for Miranda?

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