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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama say about the poem when Frannie tells her about it?
(a) That it's silly.
(b) That it means she should be looking foward.
(c) That there's an important lesson but she's not sure what that is.
(d) That Frannie shouldn't waste her time with poetry.

2. How long have Samantha and Frannie been friends?
(a) Since first grade.
(b) Since Christmas.
(c) Since kindergarten.
(d) Since the first of the school year.

3. How many of her children does Mama say are in Baby Heaven?
(a) Lila and three others.
(b) Lila and two others.
(c) Just Lila.
(d) Lila and one other.

4. Where does the new boy sit?
(a) Next to Frannie.
(b) Near the front.
(c) Near the back.
(d) Just in front of Frannie.

5. What does Frannie say about the sky as they're walking home that day?
(a) It's clear and crisp.
(b) It's already dark with no stars.
(c) There's too much smog to see the sky.
(d) There are dark clouds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rayray's real name?

2. Why doesn't Franny's family do business with Maribel's mother?

3. What is noteworthy about the new boy's father?

4. What color is the rec center?

5. Why does the boy say he first signed to Frannie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Sean, Frannie and Mama do on Saturday morning?

2. What does Frannie say about how quickly she's growing up?

3. What does Frannie note about Samantha's manners and what happens at the table to make her take note of them?

4. Describe the conversation between Frannie and the girls who are watching Sean play basketball.

5. What does Frannie say is the sign for "believe" and why does she think it's appropriate?

6. What does Frannie say about the new boy's appearance as he looks around the room?

7. What does Frannie remember about the baby that didn't "thrive", and what is another memory of someone using that word?

8. What does Frannie say about her hair and her mother's one attempt to change it?

9. What does Frannie say about Trevor's appearance and what this means about his ethnicity?

10. What is Frannie's mother's interpretation of the poem about hope, and what does Sean say about it?

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