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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lenny leave his backyard when Debbie is watching him?
(a) To find his father.
(b) To answer the phone.
(c) For a drink of water.
(d) He is being chased by wasps.

2. What about the Catholic religion are the friends discussing at the beginning of Chapter 21?
(a) Confessions.
(b) Priests not getting married.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Styles of churches.

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

4. What did Peter see that he thought was strange outside his bedroom window upon waking at his grandmother's house?
(a) A seagull.
(b) A ladder leaning against the wall.
(c) A rope hanging from a tree branch.
(d) A tree branch he didn't recognize.

5. What festival is coming up in the teens' hometown?
(a) Summer Soltice.
(b) Maypole.
(c) Seldem Days.
(d) Days of Summer.

6. What drops out of Russell's jacket pocket?
(a) A harmonica.
(b) A twenty dollar bill.
(c) Debbie's necklace.
(d) His car keys.

7. Why is Hector upset?
(a) That Dan muscles in on Hector's conversation with Meadow.
(b) That his invitation to Meadow is taken up by the entire class.
(c) That Debbie and Patty are at the ice cream place.
(d) That Meadow tells him she is not interested in dating him.

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

9. Who does Debbie think would want to know Hector's mother's recipe?
(a) Debbie's mother.
(b) She would.
(c) Mrs. Bruning.
(d) Patty's father.

10. How does Hector think of the people who step on the worms on the sidewalk?
(a) They are uncaring and indifferent.
(b) They are all too heavy for the worms.
(c) They are sadistic.
(d) They are careless.

11. What does Hector say his grandmother talks about a lot?
(a) Her two small dogs.
(b) When she lived in Paris.
(c) How her and her husband met.
(d) Her surgeries.

12. Who does Debbie find lacking in some personal qualities?
(a) Hector.
(b) Her older sister.
(c) Lenny.
(d) Dan.

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

14. Where are Debbie's mother's mementos?
(a) In the closet in boxes.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In a box under her mother's bed.

15. What does Debbie have for a bedroom door?
(a) A bamboo room divider.
(b) Beads.
(c) A regular door.
(d) A curtain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Peter hear when he woke Saturday morning at his grandmother's?

2. Who has a locker next to Debbie?

3. What do Peter and Debbie decide to do?

4. What causes problems for the teens who are ready to listen to "Criss Cross" in Chapter 21?

5. What has Hector decided to do to enhance his image as a musician?

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