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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chance, A Short List of Things My Father Lost Gambling, The World of Ideas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Zippy's mom listen to on the television every Sunday?
(a) Betty White.
(b) Gracie Allen.
(c) Batsell Barrett Baxter.
(d) The Lone Ranger.

2. What was Zippy wearing in her second grade picture?
(a) Pants and a top.
(b) Her winter coat.
(c) A light pink dress with ruffles that she hated.
(d) A light-blue jumper her mother made.

3. What happened at Big Dave and Debbie's house when a runt pig was born?
(a) It joined the litter of other piglets.
(b) It was nursed to health.
(c) It was thrown on the dead baby pig pile.
(d) It usually died after a week or two.

4. Why, according to Zippy's mom, did she and Zippy's father go to visit the gypsies one night?
(a) They wanted to see the live animals.
(b) They were drawn by the preaching wolves.
(c) They wanted to see the gypsy fortune teller.
(d) They knew there would be circus act.

5. What did Zippy's dad give the dogs to bark at when he kept the dogs on his front lawn?
(a) A racoon.
(b) A skunk.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A squirrel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zippy do with the last egg from her chicken?

2. Which church did Zippy go to every Sunday with her mother?

3. What did Zippy's father's have everywhere he went?

4. Who lived next door to Zippy with a dog named Lucky?

5. When Daniel saw Melinda sitting on the edge of the tub fully dressed after he'd been waiting to get into the bathroom, what did he do to Melinda?

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