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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Yolanda's mother hope Andrew some day becomes?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A musician.
2. What does Yolanda usually have when she answers a question in class?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A big grin on her face.
(c) An additional comment about her answer.
(d) A group of students who clap.
3. What does Yolanda realize when she reads the word definition?
(a) She is actually quite grown-up and infantile does not describe her.
(b) She is intelligent, but not exceptional.
(c) She is not the true genius in the family.
(d) The word is an insult to others but not her.
4. What is wrong with Andrew's momma?
(a) She is blind.
(b) She has bad arthritis.
(c) She has a bad back.
(d) She is always tired.
5. What does Yolanda take Shirley through with painstaking detail?
(a) The steps in creating a rubric.
(b) The way to make a poster presentation.
(c) The steps in the double-dutch form.
(d) The steps in making a cake.
6. What is failing to hold Andrew's interest?
(a) His friend's toy soldiers.
(b) Learning to read English.
(c) His mother's recitation of his father's traits.
(d) Learning to read music.
7. Why would Andrew not want to do drugs?
(a) It is too expensive.
(b) He's afraid of his mother finding out.
(c) He's afraid of going to jail.
(d) He has seen what drugs do to others.
8. How does Shirley respond to Yolanda talking to her?
(a) She hangs on Yolanda's every word.
(b) She pretends to be listening but is just daydreaming.
(c) She thinks Yolanda is crazy.
(d) She tells Yolanda to be quiet.
9. How does Andrew seem when Yolanda reaches him at the park?
(a) Deeply upset.
(b) Sad.
(c) Excited.
(d) Happy.
10. What does Yolanda decide to bake?
(a) A carrot cake.
(b) A chocolate fudge cake with walnuts.
(c) An orange date nut cake.
(d) A brownie fudge cake.
11. What did Andrew not know about what was in his pocket?
(a) The money is stolen.
(b) The beatle is still alive.
(c) It is cocaine.
(d) The substance is illegal.
12. 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.
13. What has Andrew be nicknamed by some of the boys that hang out at Asphalt Hill?
(a) The Pied Piper.
(b) Soft shoe Andro.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The Mouth.
14. Who is Willie Meredith?
(a) The principal who is dead.
(b) The janitor who brings the gun to school.
(c) A student who is shot dead.
(d) The janitor who is dead.
15. Where is Yolanda's old crush Tyrone?
(a) Army.
(b) Jail.
(c) Federal prison.
(d) College.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who calls Yolanda this word?
2. What does Shirley Piper wonder about Yolanda?
3. What does Shirley hope Yolanda will teach her?
4. Who was shot by the person with the gun?
5. What does Yolanda suddenly remember when Shirley mentions Andrew?
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