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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the new boy say part of him wants to hit Trevor?
(a) Because it gives him a sense of power.
(b) Because he's so angry.
(c) Because he can and kids would cheer.
(d) He doesn't say that.

2. What does Samantha say to the new boy when he comes running up to them?
(a) Hey yourself.
(b) What's your problem.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Why were you mean to Trevor.

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

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

5. What did Sean and Frannie share on the way home from the rec center?
(a) A soda.
(b) A Hershey bar.
(c) An order of fries.
(d) A box of cookies.

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

7. What does Frannie say that each moment is?
(a) A thing with feathers.
(b) Something to cherish.
(c) A piece of time
(d) A bridge to something new.

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

9. 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.

10. What is the picture Frannie is looking at while she's talking to Samantha on the telephone?
(a) A drawing Frannie made in art class.
(b) The photo of Lila.
(c) Frannie's first grade school picture.
(d) A painting of Jesus and some children .

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

12. What does Frannie do when the new boy holds the door open for her?
(a) Says 'no thank you'.
(b) She takes the door and allows him to go first.
(c) Lets him.
(d) Laughs and pushes him inside first.

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

14. Who is the singing star Frannie is in love with?
(a) Michael Jackson.
(b) Smokey Robinson.
(c) Lionel Richey.
(d) Isaac Hayes.

15. What does Frannie say is the reaction in the school yard when the new boy says that Trevor doesn't have a father?
(a) Everyone turns away.
(b) Everyone begins to shout.
(c) Everyone moves closer .
(d) Everyone gets quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frannie say about the baby of the family?

2. What does Samantha say she dreamed about the previous night?

3. How old does the new boy say he is when he's adopted?

4. What had the class studied in geography that day?

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

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