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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Phoebe call Zoe for a second time in "Tap Dancing on God's Piano"?
(a) Before school starts.
(b) After her mother falls asleep.
(c) After midnight.
(d) Around noon.

2. Why does Phoebe talk at Mick's memorial service?
(a) Because the crowd asks her to.
(b) Because she promised Mick.
(c) Because she really wants to.
(d) Because her parents don't want to.

3. What type of luck does Phoebe say she pressed in "Common Sense and Good Judgment"?
(a) Not wearing a bike helmet.
(b) Not waiting to cross the street.
(c) Not wearing shin guards.
(d) Not using sun block.

4. Why do some of the kids in the audience of the assembly begin moving forward and craning their necks?
(a) To see how Phoebe will start her speech.
(b) To see what fell of the stage.
(c) To see what happened to the policeman.
(d) To see what Phoebe has in her bag.

5. What does Phoebe first show the audience at the assembly?
(a) A pair of sockets.
(b) A hat.
(c) A bike helmet.
(d) A bow tie.

6. How does Phoebe begin her speech at the assembly?
(a) "I'm Mick Harte's sister."
(b) "I am Phoebe Harte."
(c) "Many of you don't know who I am."
(d) "I know you know who I am."

7. Why does Phoebe touch her mother's hair in "Getting a Grip"?
(a) Because it has turned gray.
(b) Because she asks Phoebe to fix it.
(c) Because it looks soft.
(d) Because it is messy.

8. Where does Phoebe lie down after returning home from school in "Dogs Can Laugh in Heaven"?
(a) The couch.
(b) Mick's bed.
(c) Her parent's bed.
(d) Her bed.

9. In "Getting a Grip", what does Phoebe say people call someone after they die?
(a) The one.
(b) The respected.
(c) The body.
(d) The departed.

10. How many people attend the assembly Phoebe takes part in?
(a) 800.
(b) 100.
(c) 400.
(d) 1000.

11. Why does Zoe believe that Mick is everywhere?
(a) Zoe doesn't believe that Mick is everywhere.
(b) Because people leave bits of themselves behind.
(c) Because God is everywhere.
(d) Because they are all like Mick.

12. What does Phoebe say she hates in "Tap Dancing on God's Piano"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her family of three.
(c) Her tears.
(d) Her friends.

13. Who said that Phoebe "tends to be very rebellious at times"?
(a) Her first grade teacher.
(b) Zoe's mother.
(c) Mick.
(d) Her mother.

14. In "Tap Dancing on God's Piano", why can't Phoebe picture Mick anymore?
(a) She is forgetting what he looks like.
(b) She gets too upset when she pictures him.
(c) She doesn't know where to put him.
(d) She can picture Mick.

15. What takes up the most time at Mick's memorial service?
(a) Prayers for Mick.
(b) Singing funeral hymns.
(c) Getting people to the right seats.
(d) Stories about Mick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phoebe show everyone at Mick's memorial service?

2. What does Phoebe remember Mick saying he wished he could have taught their great-grandmother?

3. What does Nana serve for dinner in "Dogs Can Laugh at Heaven"?

4. What does Phoebe say made Mick sweat during their great-grandmother's funeral?

5. Why does Phoebe's stomach fill with butterflies in "Tap Dancing on God's Piano"?

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