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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Zippy do with the dog she got from the hippie couple?
(a) She gave it to Dave Newman.
(b) She gave it to her dad for father's day.
(c) She kept it for herself.
(d) She gave it to her minister.

2. What was Zippy's father really good at?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Farming.
(c) Painting.
(d) Working.

3. What did Zippy's mom get in trouble for in Catholic School?
(a) For skipping classes.
(b) For asking if God left when the candles went out.
(c) For talking back to a teacher.
(d) For wearing her skirts too short.

4. What was unique about Dana's parents?
(a) They had been married and divorced three times to each other.
(b) They were older than most of the other parents.
(c) They were Cuban.
(d) They were younger than most of the other parents.

5. Where did Zippy go to the drive-in movies?
(a) The Skylark.
(b) The Nobleman's Film Cinema.
(c) The Boulevard Theater.
(d) The Sky-Hi Drive-In Theater.

6. How old was Dan when Melinda was born?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Thirteen.

7. What game were Julie and Dana playing on the playground after school one day?
(a) Monkey bars.
(b) Jump rope.
(c) H-O-R-S-E.
(d) Hopscotch.

8. What did Zippy's mom put in the cardboard box next to her couch?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Books.
(c) Sewing.
(d) T.V. guides.

9. What instrument did Zippy want to play in the band?
(a) Flute.
(b) French horn.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) The drums.

10. What was Dan committed to?
(a) Food.
(b) His family.
(c) Religion.
(d) Basketball.

11. What did Zippy think of the six of clubs in a deck of cards?
(a) The six was the devil.
(b) It was girly.
(c) It was a boy.
(d) The club was a shovel.

12. Who told Zippy's mom that she was ugly?
(a) Mildred, Zippy's grandmother.
(b) Zippy's grandfather.
(c) Melinda.
(d) Zippy's father.

13. When Zippy's mom got mad one time at her father, how did she leave the house?
(a) In Zippy's father's truck.
(b) On a tractor.
(c) On the lawnmower.
(d) On Zippy's bike.

14. What happened to the beginning of Zippy's ninth summer?
(a) Her grandmother died.
(b) Her feet grew four sizes and she wore flip flops all the time.
(c) She outgrew her bicycle.
(d) She grew four inches and outgrew all her clothes.

15. What did Mildred do when she heard that smoking was bad for her health?
(a) She never smoked again.
(b) She started drinking instead of smoking.
(c) She quit for a year and then started smoking again.
(d) She only smoked four cigarettes a day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zippy's Christmas tree look like?

2. What did the Jarvis's NEVER eat on?

3. What did Dana steal from Zippy?

4. Who was Zippy talking to when she had her first big swear?

5. Why did Zippy's mother not drive a car?

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