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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 & 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Willie Meredith?
(a) The janitor who is dead.
(b) A student who is shot dead.
(c) The janitor who brings the gun to school.
(d) The principal who is dead.

2. What does Yolanda realize when she reads the word definition?
(a) She is actually quite grown-up and infantile does not describe her.
(b) The word is an insult to others but not her.
(c) She is not the true genius in the family.
(d) She is intelligent, but not exceptional.

3. What makes Yolanda feel better when she is thinking about her old home?
(a) Having her own room.
(b) The lake near her house.
(c) Going down to where musicians jam in the park.
(d) Andrew playing his instruments.

4. What does Yolanda take Shirley through with painstaking detail?
(a) The steps in the double-dutch form.
(b) The steps in making a cake.
(c) The steps in creating a rubric.
(d) The way to make a poster presentation.

5. Who scolds Andrew?
(a) Yolanda.
(b) Miss Gilluly.
(c) His music teacher.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yolanda doing while Andrew is playing his harmonica near Asphalt Hill?

2. How does Yolanda make the rest of the kids feel?

3. To what smell does Yolando wake?

4. What does Andrew think he is supposed to do?

5. How does Yolanda feel in her new home?

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