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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Zippy call her most beloved blanket?
(a) The doggy bed.
(b) Red.
(c) My Shirley Quilt.
(d) Blanky.

2. Who lived next door to Zippy with a dog named Lucky?
(a) Mr. Sticks.
(b) Josie Terrance.
(c) Timmy Allen.
(d) Minnie Hodson.

3. What did Mooreland NOT have that New Castle did have?
(a) Diners.
(b) Taverns, theaters, or department stores.
(c) Churches.
(d) Cemeteries.

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

5. Why did Zippy's sister Melinda think nobody had written a book about Mooreland?
(a) Because no sane person would read it.
(b) Because a short story was long enough.
(c) Because it would be stupid.
(d) Because a movie was already made about Mooreland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many four-way stops did the town of Mooreland have?

2. What was Zippy wearing in her second grade picture?

3. What played on the record player when Zippy's dad taught her to dance the box step?

4. What did dinner at Big Dave and Debbie's house always involve?

5. What deformity, according to Zippy's mom, was she born with that they had removed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Zippy's dad use to keep the dogs barking all night when he was "dog-sitting?"

2. Why do you think Zippy's mom was absent during the night of the "dog-sitting?"

3. What were the expectations about Zippy training Speckles, the chicken?

4. Who was Julie's voice and why?

5. What was unavailable to buy at the drugstore in Mooreland? What is the irony of this situation?

6. How did Zippy view the story about how Julie's parents met, married, and lost their daughter Connie?

7. How did Kai check on everyone at bedtime?

8. Explain the cure for the illness Zippy had as a child. How does this information put the story in context for the year it occurred?

9. How did the population of Mooreland, Indiana, stay at about three hundred?

10. What did it mean for Zippy to attend Julie's grandfather's funeral?

(see the answer keys)

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