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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Shirley?
(a) Her eyes are full of tears.
(b) Excited at her first cake.
(c) Angry that Yolanda left her to deal with the cake.
(d) Apologetic.

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

3. What makes Yolanda feel better when she is thinking about her old home?
(a) The lake near her house.
(b) Having her own room.
(c) Going down to where musicians jam in the park.
(d) Andrew playing his instruments.

4. Who scolds Andrew?
(a) His mother.
(b) Miss Gilluly.
(c) Yolanda.
(d) His music teacher.

5. What is in an illustration that gives Andrew no motivation?
(a) Washington crossing the Delaware.
(b) A dog swimming with a white boy.
(c) A white girl walking with a parasol.
(d) The depiction of two white kids.

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

7. Who is Romulus Foster?
(a) The leader of the drug pushers.
(b) One of the skaters who likes Andrew's playing.
(c) A friend of Andrew's mother.
(d) One of Andrew's classmates.

8. Where is Andrew when Chapter 3 opens?
(a) At home playing his harmonica.
(b) On the park playground.
(c) In his class at school.
(d) At home sleeping.

9. Who is Shirley Piper?
(a) Yolanda's favorite teacher.
(b) A girl who saves a seat on the bus for Yolanda.
(c) The principal at Yolanda's new school.
(d) Yolanda's next-door neighbor.

10. About what does Yolanda need to talk to someone?
(a) Her missing father.
(b) Her dead father.
(c) Her mother's illness.
(d) The possibility of Andrew being a genius.

11. To what smell does Yolando wake?
(a) Tar when the road is being repaired.
(b) Her dog breathing in her face.
(c) Bacon frying and pancakes cooking.
(d) Fish frying and waffles sizzling.

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

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

14. How does Andrew wake up the family in the mornings?
(a) Singing to the radio.
(b) Playing his flute or harmonica.
(c) Playing the stereo loudly and dancing.
(d) Playing his drums.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yolanda usually have when she answers a question in class?

2. Where does Yolanda's mother decide to move her family?

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

4. What tension is there at Asphalt Hill?

5. What does Yolanda tell Shirley to test?

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