From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

Zoe started her internship on the busiest day of summer. It was so busy because

• people were buying cupcakes for end of school parties.

• people wanted cupcakes for their Independence Day barbecues.

• they had a sales going on and had introduced three new flavors.

• they were going out of business.

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Ari and Vincent were working on a new cupcake flavor and made 6 batches to

• test the amount of figs and the cooking time.

• test how much sugar and the best icing.

• test the oven temperature and the number of eggs.

• test the amount of flavored milk and cereal.

Zoe found a memorial page for Lucy and it made her eyes fill with tears because

• Lucy was a friend of her mother's.

• Lucy was in the band and played the flute.

• Lucy was loved by many people and didn't deserve to die,

• Lucy was her mother's sister.

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Marcus remembered the picture Zoe had of him from high school where he was

• wearing a Braves sweatshirt.

• wearing his graduation robe.

• wearing a Celtics sweatshirt.

• wearing a tuxedo.

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Trevor used the map app on his phone to decide that they needed

• 3 hours to do everything.

• to take a cab instead of riding bikes.

• to tell her grandma so she would help them.

• to find the distance they would need to travel.

Zoe panicked when she heard the automated voice say

• the next stop is Harvard Square.

• the next stop is Boston.

• the next stop is Alewife.

• the next stop is Washington.

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Zoe's mother taped Professor Thomas explaining that she remembered Marcus

• because he was looking for a baby bed.

• because he wanted stuff for his "Little Tomato".

• because he bought a futon from her.

• because was buying a couch.

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Marcus was saving up to rent his own apartment, but in the meantime, he was staying

• in the spare bedroom at Zoe's house.

• in Grandma's guest room.

• in a small apartment behind Ari's cakes.

• in a hotel down the street from Zoe's house.

At the ice cream store, Dad got too many napkins just like every other time they had come there.

• True

• False

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Zoe was confident about making macaroni and cheese but she didn't feel confident baking sweets.

• True

• False

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