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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Andrew when he received his first harmonica?
(a) 10.
(b) A baby.
(c) About 8.
(d) 4.

2. What seat does Yolando take in her classroom?
(a) Where she is most visible to the teacher.
(b) In the middle where she will blend in and not be noticed.
(c) Next to a boy who smiles at her.
(d) As far back as possible.

3. What does Yolanda offer to teach Shirley?
(a) How to make money at a lemonade stand.
(b) How to bake the perfect cake.
(c) How to write cursive.
(d) How to make lasagna.

4. Who is Shirley Piper?
(a) A girl who saves a seat on the bus for Yolanda.
(b) Yolanda's favorite teacher.
(c) Yolanda's next-door neighbor.
(d) The principal at Yolanda's new school.

5. What does Shirley mean when she tells Yolanda that it takes one to know one?
(a) That since Yolanda is a genius, she would naturally recognize another genius.
(b) That because Shirley's mother is also ill, she understands Yolanda's pain.
(c) That it takes a reject at school to understand another reject.
(d) That because Shirley's father is also dead, she understands Yolanda's grief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Yolanda suspicious of Shirley?

2. What does Shirley Piper wonder about Yolanda?

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

4. What tension is there at Asphalt Hill?

5. Who is Willie Meredith?

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