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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. What does Katie's mother tell her to do for the man who helped her?
(a) Write him a thank you note.
(b) Make him some food.
(c) Pray for him.
(d) Buy him a gift.

2. Where does Katie's family go on vacation at the end of the book?
(a) Florida.
(b) Maine.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

3. Who does Katie invite to go camping with her after Lynn gets sick?
(a) Sammy.
(b) Silly.
(c) Kim.
(d) Amber.

4. What do Lynn and Katie once throw from the roof of their house?
(a) Feathers.
(b) Newspaper scraps.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Tissue.

5. What does Katie like about the hatchery her father works at?
(a) The baby chicks.
(b) The conversation.
(c) The freedom.
(d) The food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Katie's father do that gets him fired?

2. What does Lynn think of Katie and Silly in their pretend band?

3. Who gives the eulogy for Lynn?

4. What comes in the room on New Year's night when Katie opens the window for Lynn?

5. What color does Sammy turn while he is injured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Katie steal from the hatchery, and what does she do with what she steals?

2. What does Silly do before she leaves Katie's house on her birthday, and why?

3. What do Katie and Sammy do at the hatchery?

4. What happens when Uncle Katsu gets the truck stuck on a cliff?

5. What gets Katie's father fired, and what does he say to Katie about it?

6. What does Katie realize that means, to her, she is now a big girl?

7. How does Sammy get hurt while on the picnic?

8. What does Hank do when they get to the hospital?

9. What does Katie realize while she washes dishes after Lynn's body is taken away?

10. What does Katie do on her eleventh birthday?

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