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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 the commissioner pull out of his front pocket before reading the first question?

2. What does Ethan notice that Julian's father is wearing?

3. Which student asks Mrs. Olinski to write higher on the board?

4. Why does the commissioner admonish the audience not to applaud after Ethan's answer?

5. Why does Noah get sent to visit his grandparents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader find out about Mrs. Olinski's first few minutes in class that he or she didn't know before the beginning of chapter 4?

2. Describe the differences between The Souls and the team from Maxwell.

3. What angers Nadia in her conversation with Ethan, and why?

4. Describe how the wedding cake is ruined and how it is saved again.

5. What are Julian's first few days at school like?

6. What does Noah tell the reader about Allen Diamondstein?

7. Explain the discussion Mrs. Olinski has with Dr. Rohmer about multiculturalism in chapter 2.

8. What is Nadia's relationship with her old friends like in "Nadia Tells of Turtle Love"? How does Nadia explain this relationship?

9. What does the reader find out about Mrs. Olinski at the end of her discussion with Dr. Rohmer, and how does the author continue the mystery about this fact?

10. What does Mrs. Draper notice about sixth graders in her time as a teacher and principal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the mood at Sillington House and, using specific situations and events from the book, describe why Sillington House is important as a place of setting.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the main characters from "The View from Saturday" and explain how that character has been on a journey, and what that character found on their journey.

Essay Topic 3

The relationship that Mrs. Olinski has to The Souls is a two-way relationship. Explain why this is true by describing how the relationship has helped both The Souls and Mrs. Olinski. Finally, explain what The Souls' desire to help says about the character of each of the members.

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