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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 is Willie Meredith?
(a) The janitor who is dead.
(b) The janitor who brings the gun to school.
(c) The principal who is dead.
(d) A student who is shot dead.

2. What does Vic show Andrew?
(a) The electric controls on his wheelchair.
(b) Carnegie Hall to demonstrate to Andrew where he could end up.
(c) The sheet music for the song Andrew plays.
(d) His talking wristwatch.

3. How does Andrew seem when Yolanda reaches him at the park?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Excited.
(d) Deeply upset.

4. What does Andrew tell Yolanda finally concerning his harmonica?
(a) That drug pushers broke it.
(b) That he has decided to take up guitar.
(c) That he dropped it and it broke and he was so angry, he broke it the rest of the way.
(d) That is was going bad.

5. What does Yolanda decide to bake?
(a) A brownie fudge cake.
(b) An orange date nut cake.
(c) A carrot cake.
(d) A chocolate fudge cake with walnuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andrew continue to do after school?

2. How old is Andrew?

3. What does Yolanda usually have when she answers a question in class?

4. What does Momma always do for her children before leaving for work?

5. What lie has come back to haunt Yolanda?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the darker side of Asphalt Hill, and what are Andrews thoughts about that?

3. How does Yolanda feel in Michigan and why?

4. What is one terrible thing that has happened lately?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Yolanda yell to Shirley as Yolanda is running out of the house?

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