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

2. What is Sean's response when his mother says he looks like a member of the Black Panthers?
(a) He says he plans to join as soon as he's old enough.
(b) He makes the Black Power sign.
(c) He says that wasn't what he was trying to do.
(d) He laughs.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who waves back when the new boy waves at Frannie?

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

3. What happens just as Frannie and the new boy enter the school building?

4. Where does Frannie sit when her grandmother sits on the couch?

5. What does Frannie say is the reaction in the school yard when the new boy says that Trevor doesn't have a father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the things Frannie writes on her paper as part of her assignment in chapter eighteen?

2. What does Frannie mean when she says "Mr. Hungry is here?"

3. Describe the conversation between Samantha and Frannie when Samantha tells Frannie about her dream.

4. What is the argument that happens between the new boy and Trevor that makes Trevor so angry?

5. Describe what happens when Trevor begins harassing the new boy again on Monday.

6. What does Frannie say about the new boy hurting Trevor's feelings and what that proves?

7. What does the new boy ask when Ms. Johnson tells the class to write about an important day in their lives?

8. Describe Grandma's attitude about sign language, how she communicates with Sean and what Frannie thinks about it.

9. What does Frannie say about her mother's rule regarding sugar and what does she do to break that rule? What are the consequences?

10. Describe the conversation that takes place when the new boy catches up with Frannie and Samantha as they're walking home from school in chapter twenty-one.

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