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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old was Andrew when he received his first harmonica?
(a) A baby.
(b) 10.
(c) About 8.
(d) 4.
2. What is different about Vic Watts?
(a) He is blind.
(b) He is deaf.
(c) He is in a wheelchair.
(d) He has a bad stutter.
3. Who is Stoney Buxton?
(a) A skater who says he does better when Andrew is playing his harmonica.
(b) A boy who is learning harmonica also.
(c) A drug dealer in the neighborhood.
(d) A boy who is learning to play the flute.
4. Why does Yolanda look up the word?
(a) To have a smart rejoinder for the boy the next day.
(b) To compliment her mother with something nice.
(c) To have a comment to Andrew.
(d) To figure out if she really is one.
5. How is Shirley?
(a) Excited at her first cake.
(b) Her eyes are full of tears.
(c) Angry that Yolanda left her to deal with the cake.
(d) Apologetic.
6. What does Andrew continue to do after school?
(a) Go home because he has no friends.
(b) Play harmonica for the skaters.
(c) Work for the local music store to earn another harmonica.
(d) Go to his music lessons.
7. What does Yolanda do a lot of in the classroom?
(a) Raise her hand.
(b) Write notes.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Talk to her neighbors.
8. What is Yolanda doing while Andrew is playing his harmonica near Asphalt Hill?
(a) Reading a book under the tree.
(b) Talking with one of the boys who is skating.
(c) Talking with Shirley.
(d) Going to the public library.
9. Who was at the playground when Andrew was there?
(a) Some pushers.
(b) A couple ponies kids could ride.
(c) A swat team.
(d) The principal just before he was shot.
10. Who scolds Andrew?
(a) His mother.
(b) His music teacher.
(c) Yolanda.
(d) Miss Gilluly.
11. Why is Andrew uninterested in the photograph?
(a) Andew does not care what happened several hundred years ago.
(b) Andrew thinks the parasol is silly.
(c) The children in the photo do not resemble Andrew.
(d) Andrew is afraid of dogs.
12. What picture does Miss Gilluly give Andrew and ask him what it is?
(a) A fire hydrant.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A train.
(d) A dog.
13. How is the cake when Yolanda arrives back home?
(a) Not quite done.
(b) Burnt to a crisp.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Flat.
14. How does Andrew wake up the family in the mornings?
(a) Playing his flute or harmonica.
(b) Singing to the radio.
(c) Playing the stereo loudly and dancing.
(d) Playing his drums.
15. About what does Yolanda need to talk to someone?
(a) The possibility of Andrew being a genius.
(b) Her mother's illness.
(c) Her dead father.
(d) Her missing father.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Willie Meredith?
2. What is one group that hangs out at Asphalt Hill?
3. What is Yolanda's mother always pestering her to do?
4. How does Yolanda make the rest of the kids feel?
5. What does Andrew tell Yolanda finally concerning his harmonica?
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