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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Stoney Buxton?
(a) A skater who says he does better when Andrew is playing his harmonica.
(b) A boy who is learning to play the flute.
(c) A drug dealer in the neighborhood.
(d) A boy who is learning harmonica also.

2. Who was at the playground when Andrew was there?
(a) A swat team.
(b) A couple ponies kids could ride.
(c) Some pushers.
(d) The principal just before he was shot.

3. What does Vic ask Andrew to play on Andrew's harmonica?
(a) Some jazz.
(b) "Battle Hymn of the Republic."
(c) "Old MacDonald."
(d) A gospel tune.

4. Where does Yolanda's mother decide to move her family?
(a) Grand River.
(b) Flint.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Detroit.

5. How does Yolanda feel in her new home?
(a) Hopeless.
(b) Scared.
(c) Sad.
(d) Excited.

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

7. What was Andrew told would help his Momma?
(a) For her children to behave better.
(b) A vacation.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Finding a husband.

8. What do they call Yolanda on the bus?
(a) Nothing; they won't speak to her.
(b) Whale.
(c) Skinny Mini.
(d) Hick.

9. Who thinks Andrew is interfering with business?
(a) The drug pushers.
(b) The skating rink manager.
(c) The blind, old man who plays who trumpet for money on the corner.
(d) The hot dog vendor.

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

11. What is one group that hangs out at Asphalt Hill?
(a) Girls watching the boys.
(b) Bookies.
(c) Parents.
(d) Drug pushers.

12. What does Yolanda do a lot of in the classroom?
(a) Talk to her neighbors.
(b) Raise her hand.
(c) Write notes.
(d) Sleep.

13. Who calls Yolanda this word?
(a) Yolanda's mother.
(b) A boy who sits behind her in class.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Shirley.

14. What does Yolanda do to the biggest bully at school?
(a) Asks him for a chess match.
(b) Slaps him.
(c) Wrestles him to the ground.
(d) Ruins his food.

15. What does Yolanda's Momma find in Andrew's pocket?
(a) A note from the drug dealer who shot the principal.
(b) A bag of marijuana.
(c) A gun.
(d) A bag of cocaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Asphalt Hill?

2. How does Yolanda's mother's pestering figure into Yolanda getting to do something she likes to do?

3. What has Andrew be nicknamed by some of the boys that hang out at Asphalt Hill?

4. Why is Yolanda shouting at Andrew in the morning?

5. How old is Andrew?

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