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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 card game did Zippy's father play with her one afternoon when he was home?
(a) Pinochle.
(b) Gin.
(c) Bridge.
(d) 500 Rummy.

2. Who found Zippy when she fell off her bike on her way to her brother's house?
(a) Her father.
(b) Levon.
(c) Julie.
(d) Her brother.

3. What did Mr. McCutcheon do for Dan?
(a) Encouraged him to start a fossil collection.
(b) Helped him after school with papers.
(c) Encouraged him to play in the band.
(d) Tutored him in history.

4. What kind of gun did Zippy's dad keep in a shoulder holster.
(a) A Saturday Night Special.
(b) A 357 Magnum.
(c) A 38.
(d) A rifle.

5. What did Zippy think when her mother left one day mad at her father?
(a) "It won't be long now."
(b) "She's going to live with the gypsies."
(c) "Dad will never let her come back."
(d) "She's going to live with the Newmans."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Zippy's family was REALLY adopted as a baby?

2. Who was Zippy's fourth grade teacher?

3. What did Zippy name the dog?

4. What had happened to Mildred's house?

5. What did Mildred dust that surprised Zippy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Jarvis's Christmas tree? What does it indicate about their family?

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

4. 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?

5. What was Sissy's idea of a good Christian and what did Zippy decide to do to become one?

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

7. What happened to Zippy's grandmother's house? How was it moved? How does the fact that it is on a graveyard affect the story and image of Zippy's grandmother?

8. How did Zippy describe the doorknobs in her parent's bedroom getting stuck together?

9. How did Zippy's father prepare for camping? Why did he always have what he needed?

10. Why did Zippy's mother tell Zippy she believed in God because she had to?

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