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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tamaya's mother's question about Tamaya's report show about Tamaya's mother?
(a) She feels like she has to ask, but really she is tired of reminding Tamaya about the importance of school work.
(b) She is nosy about the small details of Tamaya's life and is trying to control her.
(c) She suspects that Tamaya is not being treated fairly at school and wants to help her.
(d) She pays attention to Tamaya's school work and appreciates how hard Tamaya works.

2. What does Fitzman reveal about the ergonyms in Chapter 11?
(a) They seem aware of their environment.
(b) They can also be used to create energy to make electricity.
(c) They glow bright yellow even in daylight.
(d) They disintegrate when they are exposed to oxygen.

3. Where does Tamaya remember sitting to read in her fourth grade classroom?
(a) Under her desk.
(b) In the fireplace.
(c) In a pillow fort.
(d) In a tent.

4. How much older than Tamaya is Marshall?
(a) About two years.
(b) About one year.
(c) About three years.
(d) About a month.

5. Who is Mrs. Thaxton?
(a) Marshall's mother.
(b) Tamaya's teacher.
(c) Marshall's teacher.
(d) The school headmistress.

6. What is the name of the scientist who invented the product made at SunRay Farms?
(a) Jacob Wright.
(b) William Foote.
(c) Elliot Wassermann.
(d) Jonathan Fitzman.

7. In the Chapter 11 excerpt from the Senate hearing, what concern do the senators express?
(a) Foreign countries will benefit more from Biolene than the United States.
(b) The ergonyms could harm people or the environment.
(c) Fitzman is making up some of the data he uses in his research.
(d) SunRay Farms is violating government regulations.

8. What reason does Marshall give Tamaya for breaking the rules and going into the woods?
(a) He is avoiding a bully.
(b) He wants to take a shortcut.
(c) He just wants to break the rules.
(d) He is curious about Chad's story.

9. When Marshall gets in trouble, what does he say that makes his parents even angrier at him?
(a) He wishes that he did not have to spend so much time with his family.
(b) He hates Woodridge and wants to go to another school.
(c) His parents are never home to take care of their own responsibilities.
(d) His parents know nothing about him or his problems.

10. Why does Hope call Tamaya a "Goody Two-shoes" (5)?
(a) Tamaya worries that they will be late to class after lunch.
(b) Tamaya is intelligent and cares about getting good grades.
(c) Tamaya tells the boys that they should chew with their mouths closed.
(d) Tamaya reminds Chad that going into the woods is against the rules.

11. Which president is Tamaya's report about?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Washington.
(d) Coolidge.

12. In the beginning of Chapter 3, why is Tamaya angry as she waits by the bike racks after school for Marshall?
(a) She has been given too much homework.
(b) Her bike is missing.
(c) Her friends upset her at lunchtime.
(d) Marshall is late.

13. Where is the last place that anyone besides Marshall and Tamaya saw Chad?
(a) Talking to Cody in the school parking lot.
(b) In the hallway after social studies class.
(c) Waiting on Richmond Road.
(d) Coming out of the woods.

14. What does Chad tell a story about at the lunch table?
(a) A wizard.
(b) A hermit.
(c) A goblin.
(d) An evil scientist.

15. In Chapter 8, what seems to confuse the senators about Biolene?
(a) How it is possible to make the number of ergonyms required.
(b) What the eventual cost per gallon of Biolene will end up being.
(c) How living organisms can be converted to fuel.
(d) What purpose there is in replacing gasoline with another fuel source.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tamaya's mother first sees Tamaya's rash, what does she mistake it for?

2. Who made the rule that prevents Tamaya from using the internet to help with her school work?

3. What does Marshall see that helps him and Tamaya find their way out of the woods?

4. What does Marshall do when he is asked whether he saw Chad after school on the previous day?

5. What does Tamaya begin to feel more and more as she and Marshall walk to school on the day after their adventure in the woods?

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