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

2. What is Miranda looking at which has come in the mail from TV show producers?
(a) Brochure.
(b) Check.
(c) Letter.
(d) Postcard.

3. What is Miranda's mother's current state of mind?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sad.
(d) Anxious.

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

5. Where does Miranda find a note in Chapter 17?
(a) In her purse.
(b) Sticking out of her school books.
(c) In the pocket of her coat.
(d) In her backpack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What beverage does Annemarie's father give to Miranda but not to Annemarie?

2. Miranda finds another note which asks her to write about _______________________.

3. Miranda thinks she is named after ____________________.

4. What has Miranda been asked to do in one of the mystery notes?

5. Who is Miranda's mother's friend who lives in the apartment building?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the ceramic bank and what does it contain?

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

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

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

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

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