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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sean's reaction when a girl asks his name?
(a) He writes it on a piece of paper.
(b) He doesn't respond at all.
(c) He signs it.
(d) He tells Frannie to tell her.

2. What does Ms. Johnson say about writer's block?
(a) That you have to find a way to work through it.
(b) That it doesn't exist.
(c) That she's never seen it happen.
(d) That it happens to everyone.

3. What does Frannie smell when she enters her apartment Monday afternoon?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Lilacs and coconuts.
(c) Cleaning products.
(d) Her mother's cooking.

4. What does Samantha do when she realizes Frannie sees the hole in her mitten?
(a) Puts her hand in her pocket.
(b) Says she wonders how it happened.
(c) Blushes.
(d) Says she tore it on the fence at school.

5. What's Maribel's reaction when Ms. Johnson tells her to stop looking out the window?
(a) She walks out of the room.
(b) She slams a book onto her desk.
(c) She apologizes.
(d) She rolls her eyes.

6. What does Trevor have written on his cast when he returns to school?
(a) Trevor loves Maribel.
(b) Black Power.
(c) Names of all his friends.
(d) NY Knicks.

7. What does Frannie say she'd do if Maribel fell?
(a) See if Maribel asks for help.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Walk away without doing anything.
(d) Help her up.

8. What is Trevor singing as he walks away from Frannie and the new boy in chapter eighteen?
(a) I'll Be There.
(b) Jesus loves me, this I know.
(c) Hand Jive.
(d) ABC.

9. What are the smells Frannie associates with her grandmother?
(a) Coconut and lavendar.
(b) Pineapple and roses.
(c) Lilies and liniment.
(d) Onions and peppermint.

10. What kind of business is on one side of the church where Samantha's family attends?
(a) A laundromat.
(b) A gas station.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A candy store.

11. Where is Frannie's dad when she gets up?
(a) Still in bed.
(b) Cooking breakfast.
(c) Sitting in the rocker.
(d) Gone to buy muffin mix.

12. What was Mama's reaction when she heard that there was going to be a draft lottery to get more boys to serve in the military?
(a) She sits down and begins to pray.
(b) She kissed both of Sean's ears.
(c) She turns off the radio.
(d) She keeps cooking but starts to cry.

13. How many girls are in the group when one girl begins talking to Sean?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

14. What is the sign for Jesus?
(a) Hands folded together with two fingers pointed up.
(b) Both hand stretched out as if nailed to the cross.
(c) Both hands together as if in prayer.
(d) The middle finger touching the opposite palm.

15. What does Frannie say she might do when she gets to the rec center?
(a) Look for new graffiti.
(b) Think of evil things to say to the hearing girls.
(c) All the above.
(d) Beat the new boy at pinball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sean sign when Frannie gets in her mothers lap?

2. What is the first word Sean taught Frannie to sign?

3. What does Rayray say when he comes up to Frannie and the new boy after Trevor has fallen in the snow?

4. Who helps Trevor up after he falls?

5. What does Frannie's mother tell her to do as soon as she enters the house?

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