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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter XI, "Invitations," what story does Scott tell at the dinner table?
(a) Clever Hans the Counting Horse.
(b) Dissecting a worm in biology class.
(c) How high-heeled shoes were first invented for men, not women.
(d) Mike the Headless Chicken.

2. In Chapter VII, "Time Drags When You're Miserable," what does Scott ask Melissa?
(a) He asks why their mother is so upset.
(b) He asks if she is a girl.
(c) He asks if she is having a problem with her "girlfriend," Kelly.
(d) He asks why she decided not to audition for the play.

3. In Chapter XII, "Melissa Goes to the Zoo," what surprises Melissa about the women's restroom?
(a) It has more mirrors than the men's bathrooms she has been in.
(b) It is not pink.
(c) The women inside are talking and checking their makeup.
(d) It smells just like the men's bathrooms she has been in.

4. In Chapter VIII, "Some Jerk," what two things does Kelly apologize for?
(a) Getting the role of Charlotte and ignoring Melissa.
(b) Ignoring Melissa and getting mad about Melissa's comment about her dad.
(c) Getting mad about Melissa's refusing to pose for pictures and getting the role of Charlotte.
(d) Getting mad about Melissa's comment about her dad and about Melissa refusing to pose for pictures.

5. In Chapter XII, "Melissa Goes to the Zoo," why does Kelly say she never wears skirts to school?
(a) Because skirts are too fancy for school.
(b) Because boys will try to look up her skirt.
(c) Because she is embarrassed about looking too "girly."
(d) Because it is too cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter XII, "Melissa Goes to the Zoo," why does Melissa not tell her mother about her and Kelly's plan?

2. In the beginning of Chapter VII, "Time Drags When You're Miserable," who does Melissa sit with at lunch on Thursday?

3. In Chapter X, "Transformations," how do Melissa's classmates react to her surprise performance?

4. In Chapter X, "Transformations," Melissa's mother is described as walking "brusquely" (161). How was she walking?

5. In Chapter XII, "Melissa Goes to the Zoo," why does Melissa ride so slowly to Kelly's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter X, "Transformations," how does Melissa's mother react to her performance?

2. In Chapter XI, "Invitations," what is Melissa's reaction to her mother's suggestion that she see a therapist, and why does she have this reaction?

3. In the beginning of Chapter IX, "Dinner at Arnie's," what is Melissa's mother trying to say when she comes in and talks to Melissa in her bedroom?

4. In Chapter IX, "Dinner at Arnie's," what does Scott assume about Melissa's identity, and why?

5. When Kelly begins trying to pose Melissa for pictures again, in In Chapter VII, "Some Jerk," what does Melissa say?

6. In the beginning of Chapter IX, "Dinner at Arnie's," Melissa again combs her hair forward. Explain when she does this and why.

7. In Chapter VII, "Time Drags When You're Miserable," what do Melissa and Scott argue about, and why?

8. In Chapter VII, "Some Jerk," what backstage job does Melissa take on, and why?

9. In the beginning of Chapter VII, "Time Drags When You're Miserable," what is Kelly's state of mind, and how do we know?

10. In Chapter VII, "Some Jerk," what does Jeff say that upsets Melissa so much, and how does she respond?

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