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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter VII ("Time Drags When You're Miserable") and Chapter VII ("Some Jerk").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ms. Udell?
(a) The teacher of the other fourth grade classroom.
(b) Kelly's mother.
(c) The school secretary.
(d) Melissa's fourth grade teacher.

2. 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) "Leave me alone."
(b) "You really don't understand me at all."
(c) "What if I am?"
(d) "Then neither are you."

3. In Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," what does Melissa do while the boys are playing with their technology and the girls are playing jump rope?
(a) She stands alone, watching the other children play.
(b) She goes inside the school and works on her homework.
(c) She asks the girls if she can play jump rope, since she knows all of the rhymes.
(d) She sits by herself, rereading Charlotte's Web.

4. In Chapter IV, "Anticipation," who supervises the children at recess?
(a) Mrs. Fields.
(b) Mr. Arden.
(c) Mr. Jackson.
(d) Ms. Udell

5. In Chapter VII, "Time Drags When You're Miserable," what unexpected thing does Scott do?
(a) Goes to stay with their father.
(b) Tells their mother to stop being mean to Melissa.
(c) Tells Melissa that he knows she is a girl.
(d) Asks Melissa to play Mario Kart.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter VII, "Time Drags When You're Miserable," what function does the repetition of the word "dragged" serve in the first paragraph?

2. In Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," why does Ms. Udell want the actors to practice in the auditorium?

3. In Chapter II, "Charlotte Dies," what good news does Kelly have for Melissa (George)?

4. On page 112 of Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," we are told that "The canvas stuck to itself and crackled as the students unfolded it." This is an example of what technique?

5. At the beginning of Chapter II, "Charlotte Dies," what makes Melissa cry in class?

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