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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What vehicle propels toward Sia after she flees the soup kitchen in Chapter 6?
(a) A taxi.
(b) A school bus.
(c) A limousine.
(d) A city bus.
2. What does Amber say Kyle’s last name is in Chapter 12?
(a) Barrow.
(b) Holton.
(c) Saunders.
(d) Parker.
3. Sia’s mother tells her as they eat in Chapter 9 that Sia has always wanted to be what?
(a) An actress.
(b) An astronaut.
(c) A professional surfer.
(d) An English professor.
4. Carol’s advice to Sia in the end of Chapter 20 is to “Look for opportunities to show people” what?
(a) “What you can do.”
(b) “That you’re worth it.”
(c) “How intelligent you are.”
(d) “Who you are now.”
5. What does Carol say she did as a job when she was married and before she became homeless in Chapter 6?
(a) Worked as a cook at a hotel.
(b) Tended to her neighbors’ children.
(c) Worked as a clerk at a gas station.
(d) Cleaned her aunt’s house.
6. What word from Chapter 20 means arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness?
(a) Iridescent.
(b) Intrinsic.
(c) Incorrigible.
(d) Pathetic.
7. How much money does Sia’s mother give her “for lunch” in Chapter 11?
(a) $20.
(b) $200.
(c) $10.
(d) $50.
8. What does Sia say haunts her when she talks to Carol in Chapter 20?
(a) Her mother’s face.
(b) Her past actions.
(c) Her longing for freedom.
(d) Her brother’s death.
9. What word from Chapter 18 means the ability to understand and share the feelings of another?
(a) Tact.
(b) Multiplicity.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Cultivation.
10. Sia’s father tells Sia’s mother in Chapter 17 that if she doesn’t seek treatment for her drinking problem, he will do what?
(a) Have her parents remove her from their will.
(b) Enroll Sia in boarding school.
(c) Take away her car.
(d) Proceed with the divorce papers.
11. When Sia tells her mother that she would like to go back to school tomorrow in Chapter 9, Sia’s mother responds that tomorrow is what day of the week?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Friday.
12. What does Sia pick up to use as a self-defense weapon before she falls asleep under the bridge in Chapter 2?
(a) A knife.
(b) A metal curtain-rod.
(c) A glass bottle.
(d) A tin can.
13. What kind of vehicle does Kyle drive in Chapter 16?
(a) A convertible sedan.
(b) A limousine.
(c) A motorcycle.
(d) A Humvee.
14. What is the name of the neurologist that Sia is recommended to visit after she leaves the hospital in Chapter 7?
(a) Ken Jones.
(b) George Saunders.
(c) James Wilson.
(d) Travis Dooley.
15. What are the names of Kyle’s friends from the bakery that Sia passes on her way to the empty desk in history class in Chapter 19?
(a) Amber and Jeff.
(b) Alyz and Tito.
(c) Duke and Peter.
(d) Roberta and Tiff.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which film produced by Sia’s father won an Academy Award for cinematography?
2. When Sia is left alone with her mother in Chapter 17, she asks her to commit to going to a rehab center for how long?
3. What was the name of Carol’s husband prior to her homelessness?
4. By what familiar term does Beatriz call Sia in Chapter 13?
5. For how long does Beatriz say Sia’s mother “has been drinking like this” in Chapter 13?
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