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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 & 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about Vic Watts?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He is in a wheelchair.
(c) He has a bad stutter.
(d) He is deaf.

2. About what does Andrew dream?
(a) Hitting Chimp over and over.
(b) Get revenge against Romulus Foster.
(c) Giving his second-best harmonica away.
(d) Burying his harmonica.

3. What word does Yolanda look up in the dictionary?
(a) Genius.
(b) Retard.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Infantile.

4. What cheers Yolanda's spirits?
(a) Shirley is still impressed with Yolanda's genius.
(b) The cake tastes great.
(c) Andrew is safe and plays them a song on his harmonica.
(d) Andrew eats a big piece of the cake and seems better.

5. What does Shirley hope Yolanda will teach her?
(a) How to do double-dutch.
(b) How to study for an exam.
(c) How to talk the librarian into letting her check out more than three books.
(d) How to increase Shirley's vocabularly.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Asphalt Hill?

4. What is Yolanda not allowed to do at home?

5. Why doesn't Andrew feel connected to the sounds in the house?

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