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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What saved Zippy's life when she got a staph infection in her ear?
(a) An antibiotic.
(b) A pharmacist.
(c) Her parent's best friends.
(d) A nurse.

2. Who, according to Zippy, was bigger and meaner than the Mafia?
(a) Salvation Army.
(b) Jehovah's Witnesses.
(c) The Church of Christ.
(d) Her brother.

3. What year did Melinda run for Fair Queen?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1976.

4. Why did Julie, Zippy's friend, not talk?
(a) She slurred all of her words and her voice was very low.
(b) She didn't know how.
(c) She didn't know English.
(d) Her brother hit her and knocked out her front teeth when she was little.

5. How many four-way stops did the town of Mooreland have?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Eighteen with one more built in the 1980s.
(d) One.

6. What was Zippy's father's reaction to her chicken being killed?
(a) He left the house with a .357 Magnum.
(b) He chuckled.
(c) He sat down and ate dinner without a word.
(d) He played a card game with Zippy to cheer her up.

7. What did Zippy see her next door neighbor do with a chicken one morning before church?
(a) Ring its neck.
(b) Chase it through the yard with a broomstick.
(c) Sing to it.
(d) Feed it.

8. How often did Edyth wash her hair?
(a) Every day.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Once a year.
(d) Every week.

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

10. What did Zippy's father's have everywhere he went?
(a) A cigarette.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A whittling knife.
(d) His cellphone.

11. 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 knew there would be circus act.
(c) They wanted to see the gypsy fortune teller.
(d) They were drawn by the preaching wolves.

12. What few businesses did Mooreland have?
(a) A gas station, a drugstore, and a diner.
(b) Betty's Department Store.
(c) Four Gas Stations.
(d) A Baskin Robbins.

13. What played on the record player when Zippy's dad taught her to dance the box step?
(a) "I Want to Hold your Hand."
(b) "Theme from a Summer Place."
(c) Tony Bennett.
(d) Bing Crosby.

14. What was Zippy's favorite campground?
(a) Quiet Mountain.
(b) Lake of the Ozarks.
(c) Tall Trees.
(d) Shadow Hill.

15. Who did Zippy's dad say was Melinda's real dad?
(a) Doc Holiday.
(b) Dave Newman.
(c) Slim Jenkins.
(d) Timmy's dad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zippy's dad give the dogs to bark at when he kept the dogs on his front lawn?

2. Why did Zippy's sister Melinda think nobody had written a book about Mooreland?

3. How much, according to Zippy, did the hoods of Chevrolet vehicles weigh?

4. What was the name of Zippy's rooster?

5. When did most people in Mooreland take their vacations during Zippy's childhood?

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