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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. What does Andrew play for the store owner?
(a) The sounds of skaters during an ice hockey match.
(b) "Dixie."
(c) "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
(d) The angry sounds of Yolanda's fury during the fight.

2. What does Yolanda suggest to her mother about Andrew?
(a) That he needs a special school because he is a genius.
(b) That Andrew is the musician and should live with Aunt Tiny.
(c) That Yolanda should be allowed to join the police cadets.
(d) That he would be lost without her at home.

3. What comment from her mother upsets Yolanda terribly?
(a) That Andrew should concentrate on academics and not music.
(b) That Andrew is as far from a musical genius as one can get.
(c) That Yolanda and Andrew were making terrible noise.
(d) That Yolanda will go to live with Aunt Tiny in a better neighborhood.

4. How does Yolanda feel about Aunt Tiny's proposal?
(a) She wants to stay with her momma and Andrew.
(b) She doesn't want to eat all vegeatables.
(c) She thinks it's a wonderful idea.
(d) She is not enthusiastic.

5. Of what is Yolanda's mother not convinced concerning Andrew?
(a) Not insisting upon his studying harder.
(b) His need for music lessons.
(c) His need for a different school.
(d) His musical genius.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Yolanda threaten the bullies?

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

3. What does Yolanda realize as she is watching musicians unload their instruments?

4. Where is Yolanda's family going for a visit?

5. What does Aunt Tiny say about Yolanda's piano playing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Yolanda and Andrew visit Stellers music store?

2. What does Momma say in reply to Yolanda saying Andrew is a genius and needs a special school?

3. How does Yolanda explain all her questions to the security guards?

4. What happens when Yolanda notices three men eying her momma?

5. What happens when Momma finally notices Andrew's new harmonica?

6. Describe the exchange between Yolanda and Shirley in school concerning the jump rope.

7. What "epiphany" does Yolanda have when she is at the park?

8. Why does Yolanda not say goodbye to anyone when her family is leaving to go visit Aunt Tiny?

9. Why does Yolanda volunteer to reserve her family's seats for the concert that evening?

10. Why is Yolanda unable to listen as the concert opens?

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