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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 Dana steal from Zippy?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her homework.
(c) Money.
(d) A job.

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

3. Why did Dan start playing basketball?
(a) He was tall.
(b) He wasn't very bright.
(c) He was not good at art.
(d) He was fast.

4. How did Zippy feel about her brother?
(a) She hated him.
(b) He moved her.
(c) She thought he was mean.
(d) She thought he had a beautiful singing voice.

5. What did Zippy listen to at night when she slept next Dan's room?
(a) The baseball games.
(b) Rock and roll music.
(c) Dinah Shore.
(d) Bing Crosby.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Zippy save Rose from the advances of the music teacher?

2. Who was the undisputed master of hooking rugs in Mooreland?

3. What did Zippy name the dog?

4. What game were Julie and Dana playing on the playground after school one day?

5. What was Zippy's mother really good at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Dana's life like at home?

2. What did Zippy's mom mean when she said usually "people aren't thinking about you at all"?

3. What did Zippy's grandma tell her new daughter-in-law when she was first married?

4. Why did Robert Frost's poem mean so much to Zippy?

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

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

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

8. How did Zippy confuse the Great Depression with the depression her mother suffered from?

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

10. How much did Zippy understand about Dana's parents?

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