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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 does Jessie pull down in the kitchen in Chapter 8?
(a) Her lock box.
(b) The school directory.
(c) A list of lemonade recipes.
(d) A list of girls' names from the neighborhood.

2. What does the author compare the weather to at the end of the novel?
(a) The crying of an ancient woman.
(b) Two lemonade stands in competition.
(c) The impatience of a two-year-old having a tantrum.
(d) Loud drums stacked upon each other.

3. What is one of the main rules of the Treski house?
(a) You are not allowed in someone else's room without an express invitation.
(b) You are not allowed in someone else's room for any reason.
(c) You are only allowed in someone else's room if Mrs. Treski gives permission.
(d) You are only allowed in someone else's room if you have a reason.

4. Where does Evan leave the money he took from Jessie?
(a) Inside his jacket.
(b) He keeps it with him at all times.
(c) In his shorts' pocket.
(d) Underneath a rock outside in the yard.

5. Who leaves Jack's house early on Sunday?
(a) Ryan.
(b) Paul.
(c) Evan.
(d) Scott.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Evan worried about his sister winning the lemonade competition?

2. What does Evan use to carry the lemonade materials in Chapter 7?

3. What does Jessie find in her lock box Sunday evening?

4. How much money does Evan find in the lock box in an envelope labeled "Lemonade Earnings"?

5. How many cans does Evan bring home for the final day of the lemonade war?

Short Essay Questions

1. Use your own words to explain the profit margin calculations page Jessie makes on page 105.

2. How does Evan feel toward Megan as described in Chapter 9? What do these reactions mean?

3. What does the following quote mean about Evan's feelings after the town center lemonade stand: "He'd been robbed of something - maybe the happiness he should have been feeling" (100)?

4. Why does Jessie think the war was stupid?

5. Why does Jessie hesitate to go into Evan's room after the war is over?

6. What does the character, Grumpminster Fink, that Evan created, represent to Evan and Jessie?

7. Why can Evan not play well in the basketball game on the last day of the war?

8. Why does Evan think Scott took his money?

9. How does Evan truly feel about Jessie joining his class?

10. What is Jessie's experience at the beach like in Chapter 12?

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