This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter III ("Acting Is Just Pretend") and Chapter IV ("Anticipation").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter IV, "Anticipation," what color does Melissa (George) want to choose for her journal entry, and what color does she actually choose?
(a) Fuchsia; pink.
(b) Pink; purple.
(c) Orange; fuchsia.
(d) Purple; orange.

2. In Chapter I, "Secrets," how does Melissa (George) react to Scott's description of the zombie movie?
(a) She thinks it is gross.
(b) She cries.
(c) She asks to borrow it.
(d) She laughs.

3. According to the beginning of Chapter III, ("Acting Is Just Pretend"), where does Melissa's (George's) father live?
(a) In the other side of the two-unit house.
(b) In the Pocono Mountains, several hours away.
(c) In an expensive house on the other side of town.
(d) In Los Angeles, California.

4. In Chapter I, "Secrets," it is implied that Melissa (George) hides her ChapStick in the spring because of what?
(a) She knows that her mother will use it all up.
(b) Her mother thinks that using ChapStick is bad for you.
(c) Scott is always taking her things and ruining them.
(d) She thinks that her mother would realize that she is using it like lipgloss.

5. In the beginning of the novel, what is the first thing that Melissa (George) does when she gets home?
(a) She calls Kelly to talk about the ending of Charlotte's Web.
(b) She makes herself a snack and does homework.
(c) She gets the magazines out and spends time looking at them.
(d) She plays Mario Kart with Scott.