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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What does Romulus ask of Andrew?
(a) What Andrew would get for his mother's birthday.
(b) To give him Andrew's second-best harmonica.
(c) To play some notes on the harmonica.
(d) To get closer to the rink so the skaters can hear him better.

4. What does Yolanda decide to bake?
(a) A chocolate fudge cake with walnuts.
(b) A carrot cake.
(c) A brownie fudge cake.
(d) An orange date nut cake.

5. How is the cake when Yolanda arrives back home?
(a) Flat.
(b) Burnt to a crisp.
(c) Not quite done.
(d) Beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cheers Yolanda's spirits?

2. Where is Yolanda's old crush Tyrone?

3. What does Shirley hope Yolanda will teach her?

4. Why does Yolanda look up the word?

5. Who scolds Andrew?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shirley react to what Yolanda tells her?

2. What is one terrible thing that has happened lately?

3. Why is the darker side of Asphalt Hill, and what are Andrews thoughts about that?

4. What does Yolanda tell herself as she is running to Asphalt Hill?

5. Why does Momma decide to move from Chicago?

6. Why is Yolanda suspicious of Shirley, yet still talks to her?

7. Who is Andrew's teacher and why is she scolding him?

8. Where has Yolanda chosen to sit in her classroom and why?

9. Why does Yolanda usually add a comment when she answers a question?

10. How does Vic use music to make a connection with Andrew?

(see the answer keys)

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