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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yolanda suddenly remember when Shirley mentions Andrew?
(a) She has a present for Andrew.
(b) She forgot to pick up Andrew at the park.
(c) She and Andrew have to stay with their father the next weekend.
(d) She wants to save a piece of the cake for Andrew.

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

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

4. Where does Yolanda's family live at the opening of the novel?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Ann Arbor.
(d) Flint.

5. What does Yolanda usually have when she answers a question in class?
(a) A big grin on her face.
(b) An additional comment about her answer.
(c) A group of students who clap.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Yolanda miss about her former home?

3. What has Miss Gilluly given up trying to do?

4. What is one group that hangs out at Asphalt Hill?

5. What does Shirley Piper wonder about Yolanda?

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