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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. Who scolds Andrew?
(a) Miss Gilluly.
(b) His music teacher.
(c) Yolanda.
(d) His mother.

2. Who is Stoney Buxton?
(a) A boy who is learning to play the flute.
(b) A skater who says he does better when Andrew is playing his harmonica.
(c) A boy who is learning harmonica also.
(d) A drug dealer in the neighborhood.

3. Who is Shirley Piper?
(a) Yolanda's next-door neighbor.
(b) A girl who saves a seat on the bus for Yolanda.
(c) The principal at Yolanda's new school.
(d) Yolanda's favorite teacher.

4. What is failing to hold Andrew's interest?
(a) His mother's recitation of his father's traits.
(b) His friend's toy soldiers.
(c) Learning to read English.
(d) Learning to read music.

5. How does Shirley respond to Yolanda talking to her?
(a) She thinks Yolanda is crazy.
(b) She pretends to be listening but is just daydreaming.
(c) She tells Yolanda to be quiet.
(d) She hangs on Yolanda's every word.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Andrew uninterested in the photograph?

2. What is Yolanda yelling to Shirley as Yolanda rushes out of the house?

3. What does Yolanda take Shirley through with painstaking detail?

4. How old was Andrew when he received his first harmonica?

5. What does the Chimp do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What gives Yolanda comfort in her new home?

3. What does Shirley say about double-dutch that causes Yolanda great discomfort?

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

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

6. How does Yolanda go about getting Andrew a new harmonica?

7. What is the other terrible thing that has happened recently?

8. What does Yolanda tell herself as she is running to Asphalt Hill?

9. How does Yolanda steer Shirley's interest away from talking about jump roping?

10. How does Vic use music to make a connection with Andrew?

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