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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. This book is written from the perspective of whom?
(a) Opal.
(b) Mclean's mother.
(c) Mclean.
(d) Mr. Sweet.
2. Who is Opal?
(a) Mclean's new friend.
(b) A restaurant employee.
(c) Mclean's grandmother.
(d) Mr. Sweet's girlfriend.
3. Who is fighting any changes at the restaurant where Mr. Sweet is consulting?
(a) Anna.
(b) Jim.
(c) Harley.
(d) Opal.
4. Mclean realizes that Deb is considered a/an ______________ by the other students.
(a) Genius.
(b) Outcast.
(c) Geek.
(d) Beauty queen.
5. Why is Mclean unsettled when she sees her mother at the game?
(a) She is sitting all alone in the hallway.
(b) She seems to be a bit tipsy.
(c) She is wearing expensive clothing.
(d) She is hugging a strange man.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the person sitting in Mclean's house when she first arrives there?
2. Opal agrees to put together a model of the town in exchange for what?
3. Who calls the house looking for Mclean's father?
4. Where do Dave and his friends plan to go on a trip?
5. What does David bring to Mclean on the evening after she injured herself at school?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Mclean's resistance to playing basketball again and getting to know David symbolic of Mclean's inner turmoil about her life in general?
2. What point of view is the book written in and what does that reveal about Mclean, the main character?
3. Why is Mclean's mother upset when she phones Mclean at the beginning of Chapter 5?
4. What examples do David and Mclean share with each other when discussing actions and consequences?
5. What perspective does David give to Mclean when she is upset with her mother and having to go to the basketball game?
6. Explain how the theme of relationships begins to evolve in Chapter 4.
7. What changes does Mclean see in her mother when she spots her at the big game?
8. What do the cupboards at Mclean's house reveal to David about her life and what does she tell him about her transient lifestyle?
9. What does David finally realize about why Mclean is not excited to be at the big game?
10. What is Mclean's relationship with her parents? What does Mclean blame for her parents' divorce?
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