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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 Dreenie tell Mr. Palmer?
(a) Her plans to go outside.
(b) She hopes he can fix their heater soon.
(c) Her friend said cops are mean.
(d) She is waiting for Mrs. Jones' dog.

2. Who impresses teachers with her intelligence?
(a) Willie.
(b) Natalie.
(c) Suzie.
(d) Dreenie.

3. What is is Tulis "catch-phrase"?
(a) "Orchen."
(b) "Bonito."
(c) "Cha Cha."
(d) "Chica-chica."

4. What does Dreenie tell Tuli to do?
(a) Sit in a plastic chair since Tuli's all wet.
(b) Call Tuli's mother.
(c) Take a hot bath.
(d) Remove her wet outer clothing.

5. Why does Natalie think that about the kids?
(a) They push her around.
(b) They avert their eyes.
(c) They say mean things about her skin.
(d) They are always offereing to help Natalie.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Dreenie long?

2. Why does Dreenie want to go down to the apartment's lobby?

3. What does Dreenie admire about Bluish?

4. Why does she not bring up the topic she wants to discuss?

5. What happens one day when Natalie parks her wheelchair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Dreenie's thoughts about Bluish's appearance, what does she want to do about Bluish's puppy and what does she think about the puppy coming to school?

2. What does Dreenie think she is and how does she feel about her sister's status with others? Where do they go to school?

3. What does Dreenie's mother figure out about Bluish from Dreenie's description?

4. What does Dreenie tell her mother when her mother coaxes her to talk?

5. What does Bluish do at school and what does she ask Dreenie? How does Dreenie mistake her question?

6. What does Dreenie convince her mother to let her do about her father?

7. What does Dreenie's father say about Bluish?

8. Why does Dreenie want Tuli to stay for dinner?

9. Who does Dreenie describe in her journal and what is her description of that person? What nickname do the children give her and why?

10. How does Dreenie respond to Bluish's question, and how does she feel about her response later?

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