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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During this first venture, in Chapter 3, how many cups do Evan and Scott sell and at what cost?
(a) 14 cups at $0.50 cents a piece.
(b) 10 cups at $2 a piece.
(c) 16 cups at $0.50 cents a piece.
(d) 10 cups at $1 a piece

2. What is Evan's role in managing the stand in Chapter 3?
(a) He sits back and lets Scott do all the work.
(b) He takes care of the pouring and speaking with customers.
(c) He handles the money and gives change.
(d) He keeps the stand clean and organized.

3. What is Jessie's Bright Idea #2, outlined in Chapter 6?
(a) Add something extra to a product to make it more desirable.
(b) Take something small away from an item to make more money.
(c) Add something extra to make a product more expensive.
(d) Take a piece of the product away and use that money on other things.

4. Where are Evan and Paul going when Jessie goes back to her house after her second day of selling?
(a) They are going to Jack's to play in the pool.
(b) They are going down to the tracks.
(c) They are going to sell lemonade.
(d) They are going to shoot hoops.

5. What is a "slump"?
(a) A drop in the activity of a business or the economy.
(b) A period when money is worth more than normal.
(c) A time when the market is stable.
(d) An increase in the activity of a business or the economy.

6. What did the letter Even and Jessie received from the school say?
(a) Evan is suspended for a fight.
(b) School is postponed another week due to weather.
(c) Their uniforms will be different this year.
(d) Evan and Jessie are going to be in the same class.

7. After her and Megan's first day of sales, how does Jessie really feel?
(a) She wants to make more money than Evan.
(b) She wants to play with her brother.
(c) She wants the old Evan back.
(d) She wants Evan to join her lemonade stand.

8. Why is it weird that Scott Spencer comes over to spend time with Evan?
(a) It is weird, because Jessie has not ever met him before.
(b) It is bizarre, because Scott and Evan are from different schools.
(c) It is weird, because Evan does not even like Scott.
(d) It is strange, because Scott is much older.

9. What is it called when you price the same goods for less than the competition?
(a) Underselling.
(b) Profit Computing.
(c) Undercutting.
(d) Competition.

10. What did Jessie break when her father left?
(a) A picture frame of the two of them.
(b) A piggy bank.
(c) A ceramic heart.
(d) A pearl necklace.

11. Why does Evan not let Jessie come along with him and Scott in Chapter 2?
(a) He says that she is too young and only a baby.
(b) He says that she is annoying and not old enough.
(c) He says that it is a boy's game.
(d) He says that she is not allowed to go where they are going.

12. What is the main character, Evan Trenski, doing at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) Hanging out with his best friend, Spencer.
(b) Throwing a baseball into the air and catching it.
(c) Playing with a marble track.
(d) Talking on the phone with Megan Moriarty.

13. What book comforts Jessie?
(a) Charlotte's Web.
(b) The BFG.
(c) Matilda.
(d) Speak.

14. Upon first meeting Megan, Jessie remembers a piece of advice Evan had given her about social situations. What is this advice?
(a) People tell you things with their hands, faces, and the way they stand.
(b) People only want to be around you if you are very nice.
(c) People are direct and tell you what they want.
(d) People are nice if you give them things.

15. How does Jessie say she can help Evan and Scott in Chapter 2?
(a) She says that she can take notes.
(b) She says that she can decorate a sign.
(c) She says that she will keep score.
(d) She says that she can make brownies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the biggest sale of the day for Jessie and Megan in Chapter 4?

2. What is the first thing Scott does once he and Evan have set up their stand?

3. What are Evan and Scott doing in the basement in Chapter 2?

4. What made the game Evan is playing as the book opens just interesting enough to keep it going?

5. Who are the 4 girls in second grade that make fun of Jessie?

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