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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the cross-country team won the Salisbury Park Race, how many practices does Coach Quatrini give them off to celebrate?
(a) 2.
(b) None.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. What do Holling and the other campers have for breakfast after it rains all night?
(a) Eggs, orange Kool-Aid and bread.
(b) Oatmeal.
(c) Eggs and bacon.
(d) Toast and eggs.

3. Who is the last person on the path as Holling and his classmates hike to their camping spot?
(a) Mai Thi.
(b) Danny.
(c) Mrs. Sidman.
(d) Holling.

4. On opening day, what team do the Yankees play?
(a) St. Louis Cardinals.
(b) California Angels.
(c) Detroit Tigers.
(d) Cincinnati Reds.

5. In April what does Mr. Kowalski say that Martin Luther King Jr. asked to be played just before he died?
(a) In the Garden.
(b) A Mighty Fortress.
(c) Amazing Grace.
(d) Precious Lord, Take My Hand.

6. What color tulips are in front of Saint Adelbert's in April?
(a) Pink.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

7. After spring break, by how much does Coach Quatrini want the cross-country team to beat Holling's tryout time with the rats?
(a) 35 seconds.
(b) 25 seconds.
(c) 45 seconds.
(d) 15 seconds.

8. How many fingers does Mrs. Sidman cut trying to get chili out of the cans?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

9. When Mrs. Baker takes Holling on an architectural tour, when was the Quaker meetinghouse built that she shows him?
(a) 1692.
(b) 1643.
(c) 1664.
(d) 1676.

10. During the spring break in April, what type of car does Holling's sister's new friend drive?
(a) Old Chevy pickup.
(b) Yellow VW bug.
(c) Old Ford pickup.
(d) Blue VW van.

11. How much money does Holling have to take Meryl Lee somewhere for Valentine's Day?
(a) $2.97.
(b) $3.78.
(c) $4.03.
(d) $5.13.

12. In May, what are the students supposed to do when the sirens go off?
(a) Go across the street.
(b) Meet in the playground.
(c) Go under their desks.
(d) Head to the basement.

13. What color sneakers does Mrs. Baker wear when she and Holling go out to the track in March?
(a) Pink.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

14. How many days after Danny's bar mitzvah does Lieutenant Baker come home?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 11.
(d) 5.

15. In March, how many Marines are cut off and can only get supplies by air at Khesanh base?
(a) 5,500.
(b) 4,500.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 5,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color poncho does Mrs. Sidman have on the camping trip?

2. How far does Holling and his running mates run when Mrs. Sidman has to send a bus after them?

3. What types of trees do Holling and his classmates see when the maples thin out?

4. After Holling's sister leaves, what vegetables are no longer served at his house?

5. When Mrs. Baker shows Holling the first Long Island jail in May, what does she say was the crime of the first man to be jailed there?

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