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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Polly's brother accused of?
(a) Robbing the gas station.
(b) Killing innocent people in Vietnam.
(c) Killing his commanding officer.
(d) Killing his wife's boyfriend.

2. What had happened to Mildred's house?
(a) It was destroyed in a tornado.
(b) It had been moved by a tornado.
(c) The floor was falling in.
(d) It was painted a bright orange.

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

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

5. At the Newman's birthday party, who did NOT jump into the corn pile?
(a) Julie.
(b) Dana.
(c) Zippy.
(d) Randolf.

6. What game did Dana and Zippy play when speaking?
(a) They communicated in Spanish only.
(b) They spoke in Pig Latin.
(c) They slurred all the "s" sounds when speaking.
(d) They talked in really high voices.

7. How did Zippy's dad cook a turkey?
(a) In a "turkey tent" over a fire.
(b) In a roaster.
(c) In a "turkey fryer."
(d) In an oven.

8. What astrological sign was Zippy?
(a) Gemini.
(b) Pisces.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Leo.

9. When Zippy was taking the parcels to her brother's house, what did she hit that made her fall down?
(a) A hole in the road.
(b) The railroad tracks.
(c) A lamppost.
(d) A dog.

10. What did Zippy's dad have a copy of hanging on the wall in the house that was decoupaged?
(a) The Constitution.
(b) His driver's license.
(c) The Pledge of Allegiance.
(d) The Bill of Rights.

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

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

13. How did Shorty Gard decorate their house at Christmas?
(a) With colored bulbs.
(b) With lighted deer.
(c) With a string of white lights along the fence.
(d) With a life-sized Santa and Mrs. Clause.

14. Who was Julie's favorite horse?
(a) Jack.
(b) Stepper.
(c) Mingo.
(d) Coal.

15. What had Melinda done to her house after she got married?
(a) She planted a garden.
(b) She kept chickens inside.
(c) She painted it blue.
(d) She set fire to it twice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who found Zippy when she fell off her bike on her way to her brother's house?

2. In the picture taken in Vietnam, what was Polly's brother standing on top of?

3. At the party at Rose of Sharon's house, what gift did Zippy get?

4. Where did Zippy go to the drive-in movies?

5. What did Mildred do when she heard that smoking was bad for her health?

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