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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-28: Grosi; Meanwhile; Somewhere Else; Meanwhile,Elsewhere; Mrs. Bruning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Debbie wonder about as far as Albert Einstein is concerned?
(a) If he would have been different if he had been raised in a small town in the United States.
(b) If he believed genetics or environment has the most impact on one's life.
(c) How he would be different if raised in an Eskimo village.
(d) If he would have revealed E=MC2 if he had known how it would be used.

2. What does Debbie see Lenny doing in his backyard?
(a) Working on his bike.
(b) Swimming in the pool.
(c) Mowing the lawn.
(d) Raking leaves.

3. What does Hector's mother make for which some people might want the recipe?
(a) Green pea soup.
(b) Sugar cookies.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Jell-o salad.

4. What is Hector holding when he runs past Debbie and Patty?
(a) His drum sticks.
(b) His yearbook.
(c) The trash.
(d) His guitar.

5. What kind of song does Hector compose when he sees the worms on the sidewalk?
(a) A happy, silly song.
(b) A maudlin, though silly song.
(c) A dance tune.
(d) A funeral dirge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Debbie and Patty think of the clothes their mothers have bought for them?

2. What has Hector forgotten?

3. How does Mrs. Bruning feel about going into assisted living?

4. What does Mrs. Bruning give Debbie?

5. How does Hector pay for the lessons?

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