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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 amuses Melinda about her Spanish class?
(a) That the students speak better Spanish than the teacher.
(b) That the teacher intends to speak only Spanish.
(c) That the teacher believes the students should be learning French instead of Spanish.
(d) That the teacher speaks Spanish with a German accent.
2. Where does Melinda feel truly safe?
(a) With her parents watching t.v.
(b) In her closet at school.
(c) In her bedroom with the door locked.
(d) With Heather.
3. When does Melinda believe her algebra teacher makes no sense?
(a) When he tells stories about why one should learn algebra.
(b) When he talks about his time in Vietnam.
(c) When he talks about algebra in relation to meeting his wife.
(d) When he tells stories about his job as a newspaper boy when he was young.
4. With what does Heather beg Melinda's help?
(a) Getting into the glee club.
(b) Flirting with a boy.
(c) Doing her algebra.
(d) Decorating the faculty lounge.
5. What do Melinda's parents make her do in "Second Marking Period"?
(a) Cut her hair.
(b) Stop dyeing her hair green.
(c) Stay after school for academic help.
(d) Go to her cousin's party.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Heather wear under her clothes?
2. How is Melinda feeling physically as she boards the school bus?
3. What does the Spanish teacher write on the board in "First Marking Period"?
4. Who is in Melinda's art class that won't speak to her?
5. What does Melinda do on Halloween?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the topic of discussion at dinner after the interim reports come out, and how does Melinda respond?
2. What does Melinda do after school on Columbus Day?
3. Describe Melinda's first impressions of the art room.
4. What is the results of Melinda's participation in job day and how does Melinda feel about the event?
5. What is Melinda's state of mind on the first day of high school, and how do the students on the bus treat her?
6. How does Melinda refer to her teachers?
7. Who is Melinda's lab partner and how does she feel about her lab partner?
8. How does Melinda find a safe space for herself at school and what is the space like?
9. What happens in algebra class that feels disastrous to Melinda?
10. Why doesn't Melinda go trick or treating, and what does she do on Halloween?
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