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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 the boy say his father had promised about people on this side of the highway?
(a) That they would be nice.
(b) That they would teach him to fit in.
(c) That they would call him Jesus.
(d) That they wouldn't notice that he's white.

2. Which street does Samantha take when the girls reach the corner where they go separate ways?
(a) Johnson Avenue.
(b) Eastbay Road.
(c) North 24th Street.
(d) Price Lane.

3. What grade is Frannie in?
(a) Fourth.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Seventh.

4. Where does the new boy say he learned to sign?
(a) His father was deaf.
(b) His mother was deaf.
(c) He attended the Daffodil school.
(d) He doesn't remember.

5. Which of the following is among the things in the lobby of Frannie's apartment building?
(a) An old-fashioned counter .
(b) A painting of a dog chasing a fox.
(c) A fire place.
(d) A stack of boxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frannie say she thinks of when she sees the graffiti on buildings in the neighborhood?

2. What does Sean ask Frannie to imagine while they are sitting together at the beginning of chapter three?

3. What is Frannie's reaction when her father takes her hand?

4. What does Mama say about the poem when Frannie tells her about it?

5. What color are the pants the new boy is wearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation between Sean and Frannie as they begin cooking dinner.

2. What does Daddy tell Frannie about her worry over her mother and the new baby?

3. What does the new boy reveal about himself, where his family had been prior to his arrival at Price, and why he'd moved to Price?

4. What do Frannie and Samantha say about the fact that the new boy is white and Samantha's idea that he might be Jesus?

5. What does Frannie say about her grandmother, her church attendance and her Bible?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Frannie say about Sean's ability to dance and how she sometimes wished she could live in silence.

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