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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter IX ("Dinner at Arnie's") and Chapter X ("Transformations").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the very end of Chapter X, "Transformations," what is Melissa doing in her room?
(a) Twirling around and dancing.
(b) Crying.
(c) Talking to Kelly on the phone.
(d) Looking at the one magazine she rescued from her mother's room.

2. On page 56 of Chapter IV, "Anticipation," readers are told that one character is "a short, wrinkly prune of a woman with poofy gray hair." What technique is being used, here?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Personification.
(c) Irony.
(d) Repetition.

3. In Chapter VI, "Taken," why does Ms. Udell call Melissa (George) up to her desk?
(a) To ask her for her mother's phone number.
(b) To let her know that she has told the principal about Melissa's audition.
(c) To give her another chance to take a role in the play.
(d) To remind her that she has some missing homework.

4. In Chapter VI, "Taken," what eventually happens to the blue bag full of magazines?
(a) Melissa's mother burns them.
(b) Melissa's mother gives them back to Melissa.
(c) Melissa's mother takes it into her room.
(d) Melissa's mother puts them in the trash.

5. In Chapter X, "Transformations," the narrator describes Templeton as gathering "sesquipedalian" words (156). What are "sesquipedalian" words?
(a) Long words.
(b) Insults.
(c) Made-up words.
(d) Words that are hard to pronounce.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter X, "Transformations," Ms. Udell is described as struggling to "wrangle" her students (144). What is Ms. Udell having a hard time doing?

2. In Chapter IV, "Anticipation," Kelly uses the expression "al dente." What does this expression translate as?

3. In Chapter III, ("Acting Is Just Pretend"), what do readers learn that Melissa's (George's) mother is opposed to?

4. In Chapter V, "Auditions," the note that Kelly passes to Melissa (George) says that she will be what?

5. In Chapter IV, "Anticipation," what is Ms. Udell's response to Melissa's (George's) choice to not share her journal entry with the class?

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