A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana Test | Final Test - Hard

Haven Kimmel
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana Test | Final Test - Hard

Haven Kimmel
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had happened to Mildred's house?

2. What card game did Zippy's father play with her one afternoon when he was home?

3. What did Zippy's mom make for Jenny in ceramics class?

4. What did Dana's parents do after work?

5. When Zippy's mom got mad one time at her father, how did she leave the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Zippy feel everything in her life changed when Dana moved to town?

2. How much did Zippy understand about Dana's parents?

3. What was Dana's life like at home?

4. What did Zippy think of her father's belief in God after he took Zippy to his "church?"

5. What did Zippy learn about her dad from her adult sister?

6. What did Zippy's grandma tell her new daughter-in-law when she was first married?

7. What instrument did Zippy what to play and why was it not accepted by the music teacher?

8. What were Zippy's thoughts about a single moment?

9. What did Zippy's mom mean when she said usually "people aren't thinking about you at all"?

10. Why was Zippy's father at home and playing cards with her one day ?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Did Zippy's mom feel guilty about Zippy being sick as a baby? How did that manifest in her life and her raising of Zippy?

Essay Topic 2

Zippy obviously adored her parents. She discussed their flaws in detail but seems to not be bothered by them. How were Zippy's parents good parents? How were they bad parents? What were their strengths? What were their flaws?

Essay Topic 3

Does the author believe that Mooreland is the same now as it was when she grew up there? What does she say about the current residents? Why do you think she writes this disclaimer in the Prologue of the book? What, in Zippy's personality, is the author trying to protect when she does this?

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