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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 the narrator describe Willie?
(a) A slow learner.
(b) Austitic.
(c) A spoiled child.
(d) Somewhat of a prodigy.

2. What does Dreenie say makes kids in her class feel awkward?
(a) Bluish's wheelchair.
(b) The fact that Dreenie's mother is the school nurse.
(c) The fact that many have no father to bring to father's night.
(d) The fact that Willie has skipped two grades.

3. Why does Dreenie's mother think Natalie's health may be improving?
(a) Because she can sometimes walk.
(b) Because she is no longer on a ventilator.
(c) Because she is able to talk.
(d) Because she is attending school.

4. In what grade is Dreenie?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Third.

5. What does Natalie ride to school?
(a) A special van her parents have.
(b) The city bus.
(c) A special bus with a lift.
(d) The regular school bus, though they have to put her charir on the outside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what are Dreenie and Willie momentarily concerned?

2. Why is Tuli more confident than other kids in he grade?

3. How does Tuli speak?

4. What is one thing different about Natalie?

5. How is Tuli acting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where is Dreenie and her sister at the beginning of Chapter 1 and what does the place look like?

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

5. What does Dreenie wonder about Tuli and Tuli's behavior but what is her ultimate decision about being friends with Tuli?

6. Who is Dreenie's best friend, what does she do to impress people and what sent her sobbing to the bathroom?

7. What does Dreenie do after Tuli is with her and Willie?

8. What gets Bluish upset in class according to Dreenie's journal, and how does Bluish respond? Who has to take care of her response?

9. For what does Dreenie's mother lightly chastises her?

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

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