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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What color is Samantha's coat?
(a) Pink and white.
(b) Blue and white.
(c) Blue and brown.
(d) Purple and pink.
2. What does Frannie say she thinks of when she sees the graffiti on buildings in the neighborhood?
(a) Gangs .
(b) Parks and swings.
(c) A giant with a marker.
(d) Hatred and violence.
3. Why does the boy say he first signed to Frannie?
(a) He'd seen her signing with Sean.
(b) He doesn't know.
(c) Trevor told him Frannie's brother is deaf.
(d) He signs all the time.
4. Where does Rayray say the new boy would be if he really was Jesus?
(a) At a private school.
(b) At a white school.
(c) At a special-needs school.
(d) At a church.
5. Why did Frannie start school a month late one year?
(a) Mama had been in the hospital.
(b) She hadn't been old enough to attend school yet.
(c) She had chicken pox.
(d) The family was moving.
6. What do Trevor and Rayray start calling the new boy?
(a) No Name.
(b) Jesus Boy.
(c) Can't Talk.
(d) Hey You.
7. What is the name of the church Samantha's family attends?
(a) Our Holy Father.
(b) OnePeople.
(c) First Baptist.
(d) Mount Ephesus.
8. What does Mama say about the poem when Frannie tells her about it?
(a) That it means she should be looking foward.
(b) That there's an important lesson but she's not sure what that is.
(c) That Frannie shouldn't waste her time with poetry.
(d) That it's silly.
9. What is noteworthy about the new boy's father?
(a) He's very young.
(b) He's black.
(c) He's very tall.
(d) He's very old.
10. What kind of store does Maribel's mother own?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) A cleaner's .
(c) An auto supply store.
(d) A candy store.
11. What is written on Maribel's shirt?
(a) Casey School.
(b) Maribel.
(c) Peace.
(d) Black Pride.
12. In the poem Frannie mentions, what is hope like?
(a) A bird.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Snowflakes.
(d) A ship.
13. What's the weather like on the day of the new boy's arrival in Frannie's class?
(a) It's raining.
(b) It's hot.
(c) It's snowing.
(d) It's storming.
14. How many churches does Samantha say her grandmother attends on Sundays?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.
15. What does the boy say his father had promised about people on this side of the highway?
(a) That they would call him Jesus.
(b) That they would be nice.
(c) That they would teach him to fit in.
(d) That they wouldn't notice that he's white.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does one of Sean's friends sign to him when Frannie walks in?
2. What is the feature Frannie most wants from her father?
3. Who is the first to ask the new boy's name?
4. What color is the rec center?
5. How does Frannie usually wear her hair?
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