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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 do Hattie, Mom and Dad ride as their last ride of the night?
(a) The Bumper Cars.
(b) The Scrambler.
(c) The Tilt-a-Whirl.
(d) The Ferris Wheel.

2. What does Nana show Hattie in Adam's bedroom?
(a) A box of letters and photos.
(b) His comic books.
(c) His posters.
(d) His trophies.

3. Hattie shows Nana ___________________ that Adam made.
(a) the poster.
(b) the wallet.
(c) the birthday invitation.
(d) the bird house.

4. Where do Hattie, Mom and Dad go at the end of the book?
(a) Museum.
(b) Swimming pool.
(c) Vacation.
(d) Church.

5. New boarders in the boardinghouse are Barbara _____________ and her two children.
(a) Strowskys.
(b) Stratton.
(c) Strawser.
(d) Suttmiller.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hattie agree to sneak out of the house during Nana and Papa's dinner party?

2. What startles Hattie when she heads home and sees Nana and Papa's house?

3. Which ride does Adam want to watch?

4. What is Mom's answer when Hattie asks her why they never had any more children after Hattie?

5. What does Adam seem to forget about Angel every day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adam disrupt lunch by abusing the buzzer and creating a scene?

2. What is Hattie's reaction when she learns that Adam committed suicide?

3. Why did Hattie have good intentions in wanting to take Adam to the carnival and what does she come to realize about her methods?

4. How does Hattie effectively point out the bad manners of a family which stares at Adam at the Fourth of July festival?

5. What does Hattie learn about her family that shows that they don't really talk to each other?

6. Describe Adam's day at the carnival with Hattie and Leila.

7. What does Hattie think about the sideshow acts when she has actually seen them?

8. What does Hattie think about Adam's thoughts on her "corner of the universe"?

9. What perspective does Leila give Hattie about sideshow performers?

10. After seeing Nancy and Janet laughing at Adam dancing at the bandstand, what burning question enters Hattie's head about his illness?

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