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

2. What is Sean wearing when he joins Mama and Frannie?

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

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

5. Who lets Frannie know that Samantha has arrived?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Frannie think she might do on the Saturday she's planning to go to the rec center, and why does she hope Samantha might go with her?

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

4. What does Sean explain to Frannie about the bridges and what they mean for his ability to talk to hearing girls?

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

6. What does the new boy say about Trevor's need to be mean to others. What does Trevor do in chapter eighteen that's mean to Frannie and what is the reaction?

7. What is Frannie's response when Samantha says that Rayray was right when he said Jesus would not come to Price School?

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

9. Describe what had happened when Frannie was at Samantha's for dinner and asked for chicken.

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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Samantha? What is her relationship to Frannie? Who is Maribel? What is her relationship to Frannie? Compare Samantha and Maribel. Which character is most likable? Why?

Essay Topic 2

There is a division among blacks and whites even though segregation has been outlawed. Did this situation exist in the 1970s? What has changed since that time?

Essay Topic 3

What does Samantha come to believe about the new boy? Why does she believe this? What is the effect on Samantha when she realizes he isn't what she'd hoped for? What does Frannie say about Samantha's reaction?

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