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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 does Nancy believe about city girls?

2. Gretchen confesses that she wrote on her assignment that male teachers are _____.

3. Who refuses to sing the Hanukkah songs?

4. What does Mr. Benedict do after the students disrupt the class with bird sounds?

5. Where is the Simon family moving from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why isn't Margaret afraid to answer the door?

2. Why does Margaret really want to get outside after the service in Chapter 9?

3. Why do the girls gossip about Laura Danker?

4. Why doesn't Margaret feel she can suggest a name for the new club?

5. Why does Grandma Sylvia bring food with her from New York?

6. How do Margaret's parents react when they find out Grandma Sylvia is visiting?

7. Why does Nancy think Janice is a prude?

8. What strange thing does Margaret discover the day she stays home from school?

9. Compare Grandma Sylvia's response to Margaret's interest in temple to Mrs. Simon's response.

10. Does Margaret experience what she thought she would at temple?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why might Barbara Simon not fit in with the other women on Mockingbird Lane? What might her life have been like in New York? How is her new life different?

Essay Topic 2

How does Mr. Benedict do in his first year as a teacher? What are his triumphs? What are his challenges?

Essay Topic 3

How is a club like a religion? How are they different? How do these organizations give one a sense of belonging?

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