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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 do Miranda and Richard help Miranda's mother do every night?
(a) Do the supper dishes.
(b) Walk the dog.
(c) Prepare lunches for the next day.
(d) Practice to be on the game show.

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

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

4. What does Louisa regularly bring to Miranda's mother?
(a) Lists from the day's Pyramid show.
(b) Books.
(c) Coffee cake.
(d) Recipes.

5. Miranda thinks she is named after ____________________.
(a) a criminal.
(b) a small town.
(c) a mythical creature.
(d) her mother's childhood friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Miranda know the boy in #63?

2. What does Annemarie's father like to do?

3. What is Miranda looking at which has come in the mail from TV show producers?

4. What does Sal do alone after school?

5. Where does Miranda volunteer to help in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the circumstances in which Miranda becomes friends with Annemarie?

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

6. Describe what happens when Miranda sees Sal get punched by a big boy on the street.

7. Who is Colin and what job does he get for himself, Miranda and Annemarie?

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

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

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

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