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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 trade the hippie couple for to get the dog?
(a) She washed up the dishes.
(b) A cat.
(c) Money.
(d) Haircuts.

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

3. How did Zippy save Rose from the advances of the music teacher?
(a) She brought her dog to the lessons with her.
(b) She offered to stay and read a book during lessons.
(c) She confronted him directly.
(d) She told another teacher.

4. How did Zippy's parents listen to Christmas carols?
(a) On her dad's little brown radio.
(b) On T.V.
(c) On the tape recorder.
(d) On the record player.

5. What did Dana's father put in their pristine barn?
(a) A ping pong table.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Dogs.
(d) A horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What one concession did Zippy want on her new bicycle that her father built for her?

2. Who was the band teacher for Zippy in the fourth grade?

3. What did Zippy's mom put in the cardboard box next to her couch?

4. During the big fight between Zippy's parents, what did Zippy's mom ask her father?

5. What happened to the beginning of Zippy's ninth summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Zippy feel everything in her life changed when Dana moved to town?

2. What was Zippy's memory of the drive in theater?

3. Why did Zippy's mom believe that Daniel's ESP was the "blocker" type.

4. What instrument did Zippy what to play and why was it not accepted by the music teacher?

5. What did Zippy mean when her mother rode off on her bike and Zippy thought, "It won't be long now."

6. Why was Zippy so stunned by the question Melinda asks about their father: "Is he drinking?"

7. How did Zippy view cleaning and parenting?

8. Why did Zippy's mom get kicked out of Catholic school?

9. How did Polly's brother connect Mooreland to the rest of the world for the reader?

10. What was Zippy's view of Jesus? How did she feel about him? What did she think of the portrait that hung in her house?

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