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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The second Academic Bowl question, posed in chapter 2, revolves around what?
(a) Turtles.
(b) Seashells.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Sand.

2. What does Mrs. Olinski do in order to find out about Ethan?
(a) She watchs him closely.
(b) She asks to talk to him privately.
(c) She calls his parents.
(d) She talks to his friends.

3. Who organized the first women's rights convention?
(a) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(b) Harriet Tubman.
(c) Amelia Jenks Bloomer.
(d) Susan B. Anthony.

4. What does Nadia say her bubbe would have made when she goes back to her grandpa's apartment to have Oreos?
(a) Homemade ruggelach.
(b) Homemade teiglach.
(c) Homemade challah.
(d) Homemade ingberlach.

5. What did Mr. Singh do for a living before buying the Sillington place?
(a) He was a policeman.
(b) He was a teacher.
(c) He was a ship's captain.
(d) He was a chef.

6. What is the "bombshell" Allen drops after going to the show with Nadia and Ethan?
(a) He has a new girlfriend.
(b) He wants to move to New York.
(c) He wants to get married again.
(d) He wants to get licensed to move turtle nests.

7. What does Noah say Grandma Sadie and Grandpa Nate did in their "former lives"?
(a) They were musicians.
(b) They were accountants.
(c) They had a bakery.
(d) They were gardeners.

8. Why is the air conditioner in the building turned on?
(a) Because the calendar says it will be hot.
(b) Because someone accidentally turned it on.
(c) Because it is too hot to think.
(d) Because there are so many people in the building.

9. When does Ethan ring in after the question about the places in New York State is asked?
(a) After a brief moment to think.
(b) At the sound of the last syllable.
(c) Before the commissioner is finished asking the question.
(d) Last of all the contestants.

10. What is the first thing Julian teaches Nadia while The Souls are training Ginger for her audition?
(a) How to make Ginger bark on cue.
(b) Never to give Ginger a treat before she earns it.
(c) How to make Ginger jump on cue.
(d) How to palm a treat so the audience won't notice.

11. Who was the principal at the first school where Mrs. Olinski taught?
(a) Mrs. Potter.
(b) Mrs. Gershom.
(c) Mrs. Draper.
(d) Dr. Rohmer.

12. How many empty egg shells were in the nest Izzy and Margy dug out?
(a) 54.
(b) 26.
(c) 2.
(d) 96.

13. Whom does Mrs. Olinski give a bad answer to about how she picked her team?
(a) The commissioner of education.
(b) The superintendent of schools.
(c) The principal.
(d) Noah's father.

14. Where does Noah's brother Joey go for the summer?
(a) On a cruise.
(b) To Noah's other grandparents' house.
(c) To his grandparents with Noah.
(d) To his dad's house.

15. Why does the commissioner admonish the audience not to applaud after Ethan's answer?
(a) It's distracting to both teams.
(b) Only the judges can decide if the answer was right.
(c) It shows favoritism.
(d) It's not fair to the other team.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many dogs arrive for the audition with Ginger?

2. Who chooses The Souls' name?

3. What problem does Noah see with Nadia having Ginger audition for the part of Sandy?

4. Why doesn't Margy ever carry turtles to the water?

5. What was Nadia's bubbe's name?

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