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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 song does Brent teach himself to play?
(a) "Amazing Grace."
(b) "Good Day Sunshine."
(c) "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
(d) "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean."

2. What is Tony doing while the teacher tells the students to write in their journals?
(a) Daydreaming about his vacation.
(b) Writing a note to a classmate.
(c) Thumping his desk.
(d) Drawing the Seattle Mariners logo.

3. Who is Trish?
(a) A desk clerk at the motel.
(b) A tour guide at the motel.
(c) A maid at the motel.
(d) A guest at the motel.

4. Who does Tony want to be?
(a) Ken.
(b) Mr. Mintz.
(c) Kelsey.
(d) Bobby.

5. What color are practically all of Grandma's shoes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is Tony?

2. Why does Grandma ask Jenny to stop in the middle of a street?

3. Who is Deborah?

4. Why does Jenny not want to drive Grandma anywhere?

5. Why does Tony scratch under his shirt at the end of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brent enjoy returning to the Sand Dollar Cafe?

2. What does Tony tell Mr. Mintz about his summer vacation? How does Mr. Mintz use this information to help Tony?

3. What does the whale whirligig represent to Grandma?

4. What is the shape of Brent's new whirligig? What sits on top? How long does it take to build? What virtue does Brent display while creating the intricate display?

5. What has Tony failed to do that lands him in trouble with Mr. Mintz?

6. About what do the children warn Brent regarding the location of the wooden band whirligig?

7. When the chapter ends, what does Tony do that connects the little boy to his great-grandfather?

8. Why is it easy for Brent to interact with the children as he builds the whirligig?

9. Which whirligig is at Tony's summer campground? How does Tony feel about the whirligig?

10. Up until this point in his life, Brent has never had any interests other than looking cool. What new interests are now filling Brent's spare time? What role models have helped him establish these other interests?

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