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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Samantha say she dreamed about the previous night?
(a) Living on the other side of the highway.
(b) The new boy.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Sitting on God's lap.

2. What does the new boy have wrapped around his finger when Trevor begins talking to him?
(a) A piece of copper wire.
(b) Red licorice.
(c) A string from a yo-yo.
(d) The chain he's wearing around his neck.

3. What is the question Samantha says she's been wanting to ask Frannie?
(a) Why she helped Trevor get up.
(b) Why she sometimes signs to herself.
(c) Why she doesn't like Maribel.
(d) Why she's been hanging around with the new boy.

4. What does Frannie say was the point where the new boy proved he wasn't Jesus?
(a) When he started to cry.
(b) When he was eating candy.
(c) When he walked away from the fight.
(d) When he hurt Trevor.

5. What kind of store had been in the building that is now the church where Samantha's family attends?
(a) A laundromat.
(b) A candy story.
(c) A diner.
(d) A theater.

6. 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.

7. Why do Frannie and Samantha walk so slowly on the way home that day?
(a) They are afraid of slipping on the ice.
(b) They want to talk.
(c) They hope Rayray and the new boy will catch up with them.
(d) They are sharing a candy bar.

8. How does Samantha wear her hair on Wednesday?
(a) Smoothed down.
(b) In cornrows.
(c) In an afro.
(d) In long curls.

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

10. What is it that Frannie says Casper the Friendly Ghost is always trying to do?
(a) Get people to not be afraid of him.
(b) Find a new place to live.
(c) Find someone who'll take him to school.
(d) Scare people.

11. What does the new boy say he can remember about his adoption?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That he cried when they took him.
(c) Only that his father was very strong.
(d) That he was glad to leave his foster home.

12. What happens just as Frannie and the new boy enter the school building?
(a) The bell rings.
(b) The principal steps into the hall.
(c) Rayray starts to dance.
(d) Trevor rushes past.

13. What is the last thing Frannie puts on her list?
(a) We were all babies once.
(b) We all walk in snow.
(c) We all attend Price School.
(d) We all wear clothes.

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

15. What's for lunch on Wednesday?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Sandwiches and soup.
(c) Goulash.
(d) Hamburgers and fries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Sean says to his mother when he gets home from school?

2. Who helps Trevor up after he falls?

3. What are the smells Frannie associates with her grandmother?

4. What kind of business is on one side of the church where Samantha's family attends?

5. Where does the new boy say everyone can find the truth?

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