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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yolanda miss about her former home?
(a) The public library which was a block away.
(b) The sights, sounds and tastes.
(c) The better schools.
(d) Her very best friend.

2. What does Andrew think he is supposed to do?
(a) Tell Miss Giluly how to spell train.
(b) Draw the picture.
(c) He has no idea.
(d) Look for something hidden in the picture.

3. What is failing to hold Andrew's interest?
(a) Learning to read English.
(b) His mother's recitation of his father's traits.
(c) Learning to read music.
(d) His friend's toy soldiers.

4. What picture does Miss Gilluly give Andrew and ask him what it is?
(a) A train.
(b) A fire hydrant.
(c) A dog.
(d) A police officer.

5. What has Miss Gilluly given up trying to do?
(a) Teach Andrew to read.
(b) Stop Yolanda from raising her hand in class so much.
(c) Getting her students to want to learn.
(d) Get a promotion.

6. How does Yolanda's mother's pestering figure into Yolanda getting to do something she likes to do?
(a) She'll offer to learn how to make a dinner meal if she can bake a cake for the dessert.
(b) She'll use the excuse of making friends to bake a cake for her friend.
(c) She'll clean her room for company and then bake a cake for her friend.
(d) She'll stop reading if she can bake a cake.

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

8. Who is Vic Watts?
(a) A black man called in to try to teach Andrew to read.
(b) Yolanda's English teacher.
(c) Yolanda's math teacher.
(d) Andrew's music teacher.

9. What is Yolanda's mother always pestering her to do?
(a) Make friends.
(b) Learn to cook.
(c) Stop reading so much.
(d) Clean her room.

10. What has Andrew be nicknamed by some of the boys that hang out at Asphalt Hill?
(a) The Mouth.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Soft shoe Andro.
(d) The Pied Piper.

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

12. What does Andrew continue to do after school?
(a) Go to his music lessons.
(b) Work for the local music store to earn another harmonica.
(c) Play harmonica for the skaters.
(d) Go home because he has no friends.

13. Of what does Yolanda try to convince herself as she runs to the park?
(a) That Andrew is able to fight well.
(b) That the neighborhood is safe.
(c) That other boys would protect Andrew.
(d) That Shirley can take responsibility for the cake and do fine.

14. What is Yolanda yelling to Shirley as Yolanda rushes out of the house?
(a) To call the police.
(b) Directions to baking the cake.
(c) To call Yolanda's mother.
(d) To lock the door when she leaves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Yolanda need to talk to someone?

2. How does Yolanda feel in her new home?

3. Where is Yolanda's old crush Tyrone?

4. What does Momma always do for her children before leaving for work?

5. What does Yolanda suddenly remember when Shirley mentions Andrew?

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