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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Melissa is crying and readers are told that one of her teardrops "spread into a spiderweb on the page," (12), what technique is being used?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Allusion.

2. When Kelly tells her father to keep his music turned down so she and Melissa (George) can rehearse, how does Mr. Arden react?
(a) He turns the music up.
(b) He gently reminds her that he is the parent.
(c) He agrees.
(d) He gets angry at her.

3. 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) Imagery.
(c) Irony.
(d) Personification.

4. In Chapter III, ("Acting Is Just Pretend"), what does Kelly say was once true about the theater?
(a) Sometimes whole productions were done where all of the men played women and all of the women played men.
(b) Women were not allowed in the audience.
(c) It was illegal for a person to act as a different gender.
(d) All roles, male and female, were played by men.

5. In Chapter I, "Secrets," why does Melissa (George) want to keep her stuffed animals and toys?
(a) Her father gave them to her before he moved out.
(b) She needs them to hide her magazines.
(c) The stuffed animals are the only toy that seems like a "girl" toy to her.
(d) She still plays with them.

6. Who are Mr. Zuckerman and Mr. Arable?
(a) Characters in Charlotte's Web.
(b) Silly nicknames for Melissa and Kelly.
(c) The two other fourth grade teachers.
(d) Friends of Kelly's father.

7. In Chapter I, "Secrets," what does Scott assume that Melissa (George) is looking at in the bathroom?
(a) Teen magazines.
(b) Makeup.
(c) Her new hairstyle.
(d) Pornography.

8. In Chapter V, "Auditions," what disgusting thing does Scott talk about at the dinner table?
(a) Seeing a car accident.
(b) Dissecting a frog.
(c) Urine.
(d) Vomit.

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

10. Which is the best description of Kelly's room?
(a) Not at all reflective of Kelly's personality.
(b) Surprisingly fancy and luxurious.
(c) Nearly bare.
(d) A huge contrast to the main room.

11. In Chapter V, "Auditions," what is the first reaction that Ms. Udell has to Melissa's (George's) audition?
(a) She asks if there is something private that Melissa needs to tell her.
(b) She teases Melissa about trying to act like a girl.
(c) She is very angry.
(d) She asks if it is a joke.

12. In Chapter IV, "Anticipation," Kelly uses the expression "al dente." What does this expression translate as?
(a) In front of.
(b) Dented.
(c) To the tooth.
(d) Quickly.

13. What does Melissa (George) call Kelly's dad?
(a) "Mr. Arden."
(b) "Kelly's Dad."
(c) Nothing. She cannot figure out what to call him.
(d) "The Weirdo."

14. On page 5, the narrator tells us that when the bathroom door rattles, "It was as if Scott were rattling George's heart inside her rib cage." This is an example of which technique?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Simile.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

15. 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?
(a) She says it is fine for journals to be private.
(b) She fails Melissa on the assignment.
(c) She takes the journal and reads aloud from it herself.
(d) She says that Melissa will have to share tomorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter VI, "Taken," how does Melissa's (George's) mother say she found the bag of magazines?

2. In Chapter II, "Charlotte Dies," when Melissa (George) hesitates to tell Kelly something, what does Kelly threaten to do?

3. In Chapter IV, "Anticipation," what does Ms. Udell say to anyone who is focused on the play instead of on their work during the morning?

4. In Chapter III, ("Acting Is Just Pretend"), why does Melissa go to Kelly's house?

5. What kind of creature is Wilbur, from Charlotte's Web?

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