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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 is Yolanda often called by the other students?
(a) Miss Know It All.
(b) Brown noser.
(c) Teacher's Pet (Elephant).
(d) Teacher's Mosquito.

2. Who was at the playground when Andrew was there?
(a) Some pushers.
(b) A swat team.
(c) A couple ponies kids could ride.
(d) The principal just before he was shot.

3. What does Momma always do for her children before leaving for work?
(a) Make breakfast.
(b) Inspect them for the school day.
(c) Iron their clothes.
(d) Pray with them.

4. How is Shirley?
(a) Apologetic.
(b) Her eyes are full of tears.
(c) Angry that Yolanda left her to deal with the cake.
(d) Excited at her first cake.

5. Why is Yolanda shouting at Andrew in the morning?
(a) She is angry at him for leaving the house in the middle of the night.
(b) She wants him to get up.
(c) She has found his harmonica.
(d) She is mad that he messes up the bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Andrew uninterested in the photograph?

2. What is different about Vic Watts?

3. What is failing to hold Andrew's interest?

4. What lie has come back to haunt Yolanda?

5. What seat does Yolando take in her classroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the skaters at Asphalt Hill's reactions to Andrew's harmonica playing?

2. What gives Yolanda comfort in her new home?

3. How is the cake when Yolanda returns from the park with Andrew?

4. Describe Andrew's encounter with the drug pushers at Asphalt Hill.

5. Who is Andrew's teacher and why is she scolding him?

6. Why does Yolanda usually add a comment when she answers a question?

7. How does Shirley react to what Yolanda tells her?

8. What has Miss Gilluly done in relation to teaching Andrew to read?

9. How does Yolanda respond to the cruel comments by the other children on the bus?

10. Why does Momma decide to move from Chicago?

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