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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Melinda name the high school's principal?
(a) Principal Tyrant.
(b) Principal Principal.
(c) Principal Do Good.
(d) Principal Scarface.

2. Why is the clan expensive to belong to?
(a) They do charity drives.
(b) They produce a weekly newsletter.
(c) Their outfits must be coordinated.
(d) They have weekly dues.

3. What happens when Melinda tries to talk to her parents or a teacher in "Second Marking Period"?
(a) She lies.
(b) She tells them something that makes no sense.
(c) She acts as if there is nothing wrong?
(d) She sputters or freezes.

4. What does Nichole make look easy?
(a) Sports.
(b) Completing math problems.
(c) Taking tests.
(d) Talking to boys.

5. What does Melinda say she needs after encountering Rachelle in the bathroom?
(a) A new look.
(b) A friend.
(c) A different lunch bag.
(d) A new school.

6. What does Melinda see as her job in algebra class?
(a) As the dunce.
(b) As the quiet, strong type.
(c) As the Emergency Warning System.
(d) As the brilliant and lonely eccentric.

7. What is Melinda's response to her parents' harangue at the dinner table?
(a) She goes to her room.
(b) She tells them she will do better.
(c) She cries.
(d) She defends her actions.

8. Who introduces herself to Melinda in "First Marking Period"?
(a) Heather.
(b) April.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Jonathon.

9. Where do the ninth graders go when they arrive on the first day of school?
(a) Homeroom.
(b) The gymnasium.
(c) Their first period class.
(d) The auditorium.

10. How does Melinda's family communicate?
(a) By cell phone.
(b) They never communicate.
(c) At dinner every night.
(d) Notes on the kitchen counter.

11. What does Melinda see as Heather's greatest character flaw?
(a) Being a snob.
(b) Being too quiet.
(c) Trying too hard to be a teacher's pet.
(d) Talking too much.

12. About what do Melinda's parents confront her at dinner?
(a) Her interim report card.
(b) Hanging around with the bad elements of school.
(c) Telling her art teacher that she is not allowed to draw.
(d) Skipping class the day before.

13. What does the Spanish teacher write on the board in "First Marking Period"?
(a) A phrase in Spanish.
(b) A phrase in French.
(c) A phrase in English to be translated to Spanish.
(d) Nothing.

14. What does Melinda's mother forget to do on Thanksgiving?
(a) Bake pumpkin pies.
(b) Buy a turkey.
(c) Invite her in-laws for dinner.
(d) Defrost the turkey.

15. What poster is on the wall in Melinda's space at school?
(a) A Wombat.
(b) Tom Hanks.
(c) A Bengal Tiger.
(d) Maya Angelou.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Melinda see math as being easy?

2. What is one rule of Heather's probation in her new "clan"?

3. To what does the art teacher welcome the students?

4. What class does Melinda hate?

5. Who is in Melinda's art class that won't speak to her?

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