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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. What's Maribel's reaction when Ms. Johnson tells her to stop looking out the window?

2. Where is Mama when Frannie wakes in chapter twenty-two?

3. What is the first thing Sean says to his mother when he gets home from school?

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

5. What does Sean sign when Frannie gets in her mothers lap?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the one fight Frannie says she's had.

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

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

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

5. What is Frannie's response when Samantha asks why Frannie helped Trevor up?

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. Describe the conversation that takes place after Sean arrives home from school.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frannie says that Sean taught her to speak and that she grew up "in his world of words." How might Frannie's life have been different without Sean's influence? Would her life have been better? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the poem that Frannie likes about hope and feathers. What is Trevor's interpretation of the poem? What is Frannie's mom's interpretation? What is Frannie's interpretation? Which do you believe to be correct? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Frannie. What kind of person is she? What are the most important aspects of her life? Why are these important?

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