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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miriam steal from a house at the end of this section?
(a) A blue vase.
(b) A diamond earring.
(c) A gold chain.
(d) A blue ceramic dish.

2. What does Saul imagine he is smashing into bits when he smashing the wineglass at his wedding?
(a) His freedom.
(b) His past.
(c) His father.
(d) His religion.

3. Who are the only people who get to see the picture of Dr. Morris' child?
(a) Students that think they have a difficult life.
(b) Teachers who need to calm down after a lesson.
(c) Parents who think their child is a failure.
(d) Students that use the word retard.

4. What does Aaron often save Eliza from?
(a) Alien monsters.
(b) Bad dreams.
(c) Darth Vader.
(d) Bullies.

5. How does Melanie Turpin spell tomorrow?
(a) Tommrow.
(b) Tomerow.
(c) Tommorrow.
(d) Tomarrow

6. How did Miriam's parents die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) In a plane crash.
(c) In a skiing accident.
(d) In a terrorist attack.

7. What household duties does Saul handle?
(a) The cooking and shopping.
(b) Birthday reminders and washing the kids.
(c) The cleaning and the accounts.
(d) The driving and the bedtime stories.

8. What gift does Miriam present Eliza with?
(a) A telescope.
(b) A kaleidoscope.
(c) A jacket.
(d) A blouse.

9. Why does Aaron stop playing the guitar?
(a) He can't practice with his father.
(b) He wants to make a statement to his father.
(c) He doesn't think he is very good.
(d) He is too lazy to fix the strings.

10. What does Aaron say he has not felt in his three years since his Bar Mitzvah?
(a) Love for his father.
(b) God's presence.
(c) Love for his mother.
(d) The meaning of Judaism.

11. Where does Miriam rediscover her favorite word?
(a) In a kaleidoscope.
(b) In Eliza.
(c) In her marriage.
(d) In a telescope.

12. What does Eliza think makes spelling redundant?
(a) Television.
(b) The dictionary.
(c) The theasaurus.
(d) The Internet.

13. What is the name of the stray that hangs around the school?
(a) Loser.
(b) Hard Boy.
(c) Sucker.
(d) Doc.

14. What does Eliza think the spelling bee test will amplify?
(a) Her intelligence.
(b) Her stupidity.
(c) Her mediocrity.
(d) Her humor.

15. Why does the smell of the old lady in the synagogue go everywhere?
(a) She walks up and down the aisle.
(b) She is always talking.
(c) She is constantly fanning herslef.
(d) She sits under the air duct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miriam sew special pockets into her clothes?

2. What does Saul buy for Eliza to hep her win the spelling bee contest?

3. What does Aaron's father present him with at his bar mitzvah?

4. Which do of the following words does Eliza have to spell in the spelling competition Ms. Rai presides over?

5. What does Rabbi Mayer present Aaron on behalf of his congregation?

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