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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. In Chapter VI, "Taken," Rick starts saying mean things about Melissa's (George's) audition; what does Jeff say when he chimes in?
(a) That Melissa is a cry-baby.
(b) That Melissa is as disgusting as a spider.
(c) That Melissa is too dumb to read Charlotte's part.
(d) That Melissa probably accidentally read Charlotte's part, because "he's" a girl.
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) Repetition.
(b) Irony.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Personification.
3. In the beginning of Chapter VII, "Time Drags When You're Miserable," who does Melissa sit with at lunch on Thursday?
(a) Maddy and Emma.
(b) Ms. Udell.
(c) Jeff and Rick.
(d) Kelly.
4. In Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," how does Melissa respond after she is punched?
(a) She throws up.
(b) She tells a teacher.
(c) She punches back.
(d) She cries.
5. When Kelly says that Melissa (George) isn't a girl, on page 90 of Chapter VI, "Taken," what does Melissa (George) say to Kelly?
(a) "You really don't understand me at all."
(b) "Leave me alone."
(c) "Then neither are you."
(d) "What if I am?"
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," why does Melissa paint a web around the words "Some Jerk"?
2. In Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," what job does Melissa volunteer for?
3. In Chapter IV, "Anticipation," Kelly uses the expression "al dente." What does this expression translate as?
4. In Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," what does Jeff say that he would do to a talking spider?
5. In Chapter VI, "Taken," how does Melissa's (George's) mother say she found the bag of magazines?
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