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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Maribel say her mama was mad about the new boy's purchase the previous day?
2. What does Frannie's father do for a living?
3. What does Frannie do as she and Sean step out of the rec center into the snow?
4. Why doesn't Sean attend the same school as Frannie?
5. What does Trevor ask the new boy when the boy doesn't say what his name is?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Frannie say about her memories of the year she'd started school a month late?
2. What does Frannie note about Samantha's manners and what happens at the table to make her take note of them?
3. What did Frannie's parents begin doing after Lila's death and what is the significance of this action?
4. What does Frannie say about Trevor's appearance and what this means about his ethnicity?
5. What does Frannie say about their parents decision not to have an operation that might have made Sean hear and about what her mother sometimes does to Sean's ears?
6. Describe what Frannie sees at the corner of North Conduit and Eastbay Road.
7. What do Sean, Frannie and Mama do on Saturday morning?
8. What are the reactions of Samantha and Maribel when the new boy signs to answer the question posed by Trevor and Rayray?
9. What does Frannie say about Sean's ability to dance and how she sometimes wished she could live in silence.
10. What are the scars on Frannie's hands, where did they come from and what does her mother do to them sometimes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Frannie and Sean play a game in which one says a word and the other describes how that word sounds. How did this game come into being? Why is it important to both of them? Frannie says Sean is better at it than she. How can this be true considering that Sean doesn't hear sounds?
Essay Topic 2
Frannie is very worried about her mother's health and she angrily says that she's not sharing her room as a way to express her worry. Is her reaction realistic? What are some other ways Frannie expresses her concern?
Essay Topic 3
What are the major differences between Samantha's family and Frannie's family? Are these differences important to the girls' friendship? Are they friends despite these differences or because of them?
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