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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 & 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Yolanda's mother always pestering her to do?
(a) Clean her room.
(b) Make friends.
(c) Learn to cook.
(d) Stop reading so much.

2. What does Yolanda decide to bake?
(a) A chocolate fudge cake with walnuts.
(b) A carrot cake.
(c) A brownie fudge cake.
(d) An orange date nut cake.

3. What does Andrew realize as he listens to his sister dancing?
(a) He needs more instruments than just the harmonica.
(b) He no longer loves music.
(c) He wants to become a dancer.
(d) He has the best sister that any boy could want.

4. How does Yolanda's mother's hair look?
(a) It has dread locks with beads.
(b) It is dyed red.
(c) It is unbraided and unbeaded.
(d) It is just a couple inches long.

5. Who is Vic Watts?
(a) Yolanda's English teacher.
(b) Yolanda's math teacher.
(c) A black man called in to try to teach Andrew to read.
(d) Andrew's music teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tension is there at Asphalt Hill?

2. What does Yolanda offer to teach Shirley?

3. What does Andrew play for the store owner?

4. What does Yolanda do for the first time in months?

5. What does Yolanda think might be her reward for bravery?

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