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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Zippy's rooster?
(a) Speckles.
(b) Tulilp.
(c) Red.
(d) Joe.

2. Which friend of Zippy's had red hair?
(a) Julie Newman.
(b) Melinda.
(c) Timmy.
(d) Dana.

3. Which church did Zippy go to every Sunday with her mother?
(a) Jehovah's Witness church.
(b) Quaker church.
(c) Catholic church.
(d) The Jewish Synagogue.

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

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

6. What was Andy's most important talent?
(a) He could sing.
(b) He could fire a gun.
(c) He could whistle.
(d) He could catch a skunk.

7. What did Zippy's mom tell her she traded to get her from the gypsies?
(a) A ruby necklace.
(b) Pearl earrings.
(c) A green velvet bag.
(d) A bag of popcorn.

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

9. What did the Driftwood smell like to Zippy?
(a) Cats and finger nail polish remover.
(b) Basic truck, Old Spice, Lucky Strikes and gasoline.
(c) Mold, Tile Cleaner, Mr. Clean.
(d) Fried foods -- especially fish.

10. What was Petey Scroggs known for?
(a) His cruel treatment of animals.
(b) He could mix a chocolate Coke.
(c) He could ride his bike without holding on to the handlebars.
(d) He could sing like an angel.

11. What grade was Julie's sister in when she died?
(a) She was an adult.
(b) Sophomore in high school.
(c) 6th.
(d) 2nd.

12. What did Zippy do with the last egg from her chicken?
(a) Buried it.
(b) Ate it for breakfast.
(c) Put it in the refrigerator until it dried up.
(d) Gave it to Julie.

13. What was Ruth Huff's collie's name?
(a) Queeny.
(b) Lassie.
(c) King.
(d) Tia.

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

15. Where is the town of Mooreland, Indiana, located?
(a) North of Epileptic City.
(b) South of New Manchester.
(c) East of Wichita.
(d) North of New Castle and east of Epileptic Village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zippy call her most beloved blanket?

2. Why, according to the author, is there so little information about Mooreland during the 60s and 70s?

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

4. What was Rose's most important feature that would make her a good artist?

5. What was Zippy's cat's name that she thought she'd lost forever but later found inside Petey's house?

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