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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter do that makes their day perfect to Debbie?
(a) He buys her flowers.
(b) He takes her hand.
(c) He kisses Debbie.
(d) He says he is moving to his grandmothers.

2. Where do Debbie and Peter take Mrs. Gruning?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To the local firehouse.
(c) To the doctor's office.
(d) To Debbie's house.

3. What was the main course of the dinner Peter's grandmother made for him and his parents?
(a) Leg of lamb.
(b) Baked chicken.
(c) Roast beef.
(d) Ham.

4. Who picks up what falls out of Russell's pocket?
(a) Dan.
(b) Russell.
(c) Patty.
(d) Hector.

5. Where has Debbie moved her bedroom?
(a) To the attic room.
(b) To the basement.
(c) To her vacated brother's room.
(d) To the front parlor.

6. What does Hector think when he sees the smashed worms?
(a) That he could still use them for fishing.
(b) That the worms have short, difficult lives.
(c) That he is glad he does not live on the sidewalk.
(d) That he is a crushed worm himself.

7. On what issue does Mrs. Bruning remain firm with Peter's parents?
(a) Debbie being her housekeeper.
(b) Allowing Peter to stay with her.
(c) Not going to the hospital.
(d) Being able to drive.

8. To what has Mrs. Bruning agreed with Peter's parents?
(a) A visiting nurse and meals on wheels.
(b) To move her bedroom downstairs.
(c) To advertise for a renter.
(d) To leave for assisted living in two weeks.

9. Where do Peter and his parents live?
(a) Nebraska.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Florida.

10. What does Peter Bruning call his grandmother?
(a) Nana.
(b) Grams.
(c) Grandmama.
(d) Grosi.

11. With what is Hector occupied as of late?
(a) Applying for a summer job.
(b) Composing songs.
(c) School work and finals.
(d) Developing his muscles.

12. Where does the music group gather at the ice cream store?
(a) Bunched around Hector's car.
(b) Bunched around Dan's truck.
(c) Inside at a table.
(d) A picnic table.

13. What does Debbie give Mrs. Bruning when the elderly woman comes downstairs on Saturday?
(a) Sugared orange juice.
(b) Toast and eggs.
(c) Cranberry juice and cereal.
(d) Water and an insulin pill.

14. What did Peter hear when he woke Saturday morning at his grandmother's?
(a) A vacumn cleaner.
(b) His father singing.
(c) A loud motorcycle going down the street.
(d) The radio.

15. What might disintegrate Patty's world?
(a) All the moving atoms to suddenly move differently.
(b) Her science teacher retiring before Patty's senior year.
(c) Her parents divorcing.
(d) Her grandmother dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does the music class sing?

2. For what is Hector looking in the crowd at the celebration?

3. What are Debbie and Patty doing as they look at the yearbook?

4. Who has a locker next to Debbie?

5. Why is Peter at his grandmother's house?

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