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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 & 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Yolanda look up the word?
(a) To figure out if she really is one.
(b) To have a comment to Andrew.
(c) To have a smart rejoinder for the boy the next day.
(d) To compliment her mother with something nice.

3. What is wrong with Andrew's momma?
(a) She is always tired.
(b) She is blind.
(c) She has bad arthritis.
(d) She has a bad back.

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

5. How does Yolanda make the rest of the kids feel?
(a) Superior.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Stupid because of her advanced vocabulary.
(d) Foolish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yolanda miss about her former home?

2. To what smell does Yolando wake?

3. What is Yolanda often called by the other students?

4. Why would Andrew not want to do drugs?

5. Where does Yolanda's family live at the opening of the novel?

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