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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 Louisa regularly bring to Miranda's mother?
(a) Books.
(b) Coffee cake.
(c) Recipes.
(d) Lists from the day's Pyramid show.

2. Miranda always carries around a book about ___________________.
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Paris.
(c) fairies.
(d) time travel.

3. When do Colin, Miranda and Annemarie work at the shop?
(a) Sunday afternoons.
(b) On Saturdays.
(c) After school.
(d) During lunch hour.

4. Miranda's mother is __________________.
(a) a singer.
(b) a single parent.
(c) a chef.
(d) an artist.

5. Where does Miranda find a note in Chapter 17?
(a) In her purse.
(b) Sticking out of her school books.
(c) In the pocket of her coat.
(d) In her backpack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Miranda and Sal to stop being friends?

2. What was Miranda's mother's career goal?

3. What does Annemarie's father like to do?

4. Miranda's mother dates a man with what profession?

5. What does the shop owner give Colin, Miranda and Annemarie for payment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Quack and how does Miranda know him?

2. What does Miranda's mother think is the only good thing about living in their apartment building?

3. What is the nature of Miranda's mother's relationship with Richard?

4. Where do Miranda and her mother keep a spare key to the apartment?

5. Why is Miranda startled upon returning home from school one day?

6. Explain Miranda's mother's situation regarding her job and personal life.

7. What is one of the things Miranda's mother would like to do with the money if she should win at the game show?

8. Where does Miranda find the first note and what is its content?

9. Why is Miranda's mother so sad about her life?

10. Who is Sal and what is his role in Miranda's life?

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