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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yolanda do as the crowd gets rowdy?
(a) Tells Andrew to stick close to his momma.
(b) Grabs Andrew.
(c) Asks her aunt to please watch Andrew.
(d) Tells her mother she has to go to the bathroom.

2. What does Yolanda say about Andrew's tendency in a large crowd?
(a) That he gets scared.
(b) That he will not be around a large crowd.
(c) That he tends to wander off.
(d) That he treats everyone like his best friend.

3. What does Yolanda tell her mother she wants to be?
(a) An airline stewardess.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A pilot.
(d) An English teacher.

4. What does Yolanda do to Romulus Foster?
(a) Slaps him in the face.
(b) Kicks him in the shin.
(c) Slams him into the ground.
(d) Punches him in the stomach.

5. What does Yolanda's mother ask about several days after their visit to the music store?
(a) Why Andrew seems suddenly happy again.
(b) Why Yolanda is so bruised.
(c) Where Andrew got the new harmonica.
(d) Why Yolanda doesn't want to go to the park anymore.

6. Where does Aunt Tiny work as a hairdresser?
(a) New York.
(b) Detroit.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Chicago.

7. What does Stoney Buxton call out to Yolanda?
(a) That she is in big trouble now.
(b) That he will watch her back.
(c) That she is amazing.
(d) That he is going to tell the police about her attack.

8. Where is Yolanda's family going for a visit?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

9. What does Yolanda's momma want Yolanda to aspire to be someday?
(a) A lawyer or judge.
(b) A policewoman.
(c) A scientist.
(d) A doctor.

10. What happens when the crowd gets loud?
(a) Yolanda realizes that Andrew could never perform in front of this group.
(b) Andrew wants to go home.
(c) Andrew wanders away from his family.
(d) Andrew grabs for his harmonica.

11. What does Yolanda fear in front of her Aunt Tiny?
(a) That Yolanda has a white girl for a friend.
(b) That Shirley would tell Aunt Tiny about her fight with the bullies.
(c) That Aunt Tiny would urge Yolanda to jump rope with Shirley.
(d) Aunt Tiny learning that Yolanda lied about being able to double-dutch.

12. What does Yolanda tell Shirley?
(a) That Yolanda has been told by her doctor she is not allowed to jump rope.
(b) That Yolanda lied about being able to double-dutch.
(c) That Shirley needs to bring two other people with her to turn the rope.
(d) That being friends is a waste of time.

13. Why do Aunt Tiny and Yolanda's momma look confused?
(a) Because of the concert Yolanda and Andrew give.
(b) Because Yolanda says she loves her school when all she's ever done is complain.
(c) Because of the way Andrew seems to play the same three chords over and over.
(d) Because Yolanda acts as though Andrew is a genius.

14. Where does Yolanda take Andrew after her encounter with Foster?
(a) An ice cream parlour.
(b) Home.
(c) Stellars.
(d) School.

15. Why does Yolanda steer Andrew away from his aunt and momma?
(a) To show him the performers up close.
(b) To get him to an area that is less noisy.
(c) To take him to the bathroom.
(d) To take him back stage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andrew play for the store owner?

2. What does Yolanda suggest to her mother about Andrew?

3. How does Yolanda feel about her current teacher?

4. Why doesn't Andrew have any stage fright when he goes to play for the music store owner?

5. What horrifies Yolanda about the way Aunt Tiny cuts Yolanda's mother's hair?

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