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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what grade did Jamila Wideman join the Amherst Lady Hurricanes?
(a) Sixth grade.
(b) Ninth grade.
(c) Seventh grade.
(d) Eighth grade.

2. How old was Kim Warner when her father left the family?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Nine.
(d) Five.

3. In what year was there a brutal stabbing murder of a woman in a store parking lot in Amherst?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1987.

4. Where were the Amherst Lady Hurricanes playing on the night of March 3, 1992?
(a) Cathedral High School.
(b) Central Mass High School.
(c) Jefferson High School.
(d) Union High School.

5. What is the name of the all-women's college in South Hadley?
(a) Vassar.
(b) Brown.
(c) Mount Holyoke.
(d) Smith.

6. When was the first class admitted into the Hampshire College?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1970.

7. On what team did Rita Powell play when she attended the Dave Cowens Basketball School?
(a) Central Mass.
(b) Brown.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Stanford.

8. Where did Kristin Marvin live with her family?
(a) Malvern.
(b) Pelham.
(c) Tattery.
(d) Shutesbury.

9. Who was the lone senior on the Amherst Lady Hurricanes team that played her last game in March of 1992?
(a) Jen Pariseau.
(b) Anna Borders.
(c) Brenda Sepanek.
(d) Jamila Wideman.

10. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) "Losing."
(b) "Onions and Metal Nets."
(c) "Late Night When the Phone Rang."
(d) "You Can All Clap Now."

11. When was Amherst designated as a township?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1759.
(c) 1689.
(d) 1798.

12. How many colleges are there in the town of Amherst?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

13. When did Roger Maris hit 61 to break Babe Ruth's single-season home-run record?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1961.

14. What is the name of Kristin Marvin's mother?
(a) Megan Marvin.
(b) Gigi Kaeser.
(c) Anne Teschner.
(d) Marie Louise Marvin.

15. What was the school bus nicknamed by the Amherst Lady Hurricanes, according to the author in Chapter 1?
(a) The Yellow Cadillac.
(b) The Hurricane Eye.
(c) The Fixalot.
(d) The Blue Bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Jamila Wideman born?

2. Who wrote In a Different Voice?

3. What is Kristin Martin's father's profession?

4. What does Jamila's name supposedly mean in Arabic?

5. In what U.S. state is the book set?

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