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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. Why does Yolanda look up the word?
(a) To have a comment to Andrew.
(b) To compliment her mother with something nice.
(c) To have a smart rejoinder for the boy the next day.
(d) To figure out if she really is one.

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

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

4. What is Yolanda often called by the other students?
(a) Teacher's Mosquito.
(b) Teacher's Pet (Elephant).
(c) Brown noser.
(d) Miss Know It All.

5. What cheers Yolanda's spirits?
(a) The cake tastes great.
(b) Andrew eats a big piece of the cake and seems better.
(c) Shirley is still impressed with Yolanda's genius.
(d) Andrew is safe and plays them a song on his harmonica.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Yolanda realize when she reads the word definition?

3. Who was at the playground when Andrew was there?

4. What is Yolanda not allowed to do at home?

5. How does Yolanda's mother's pestering figure into Yolanda getting to do something she likes to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Andrew go to Asphalt Hill?

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

3. Why does Momma decide to move from Chicago?

4. How does Yolanda feel in Michigan and why?

5. Who does Andrew meet when he arrives for his reading lesson?

6. What gives Yolanda comfort in her new home?

7. What is Yolanda thinking about as the novel opens?

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

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

10. What has Miss Gilluly done in relation to teaching Andrew to read?

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