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

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

3. On the night of her sister's slumber party, what did Zippy think she saw in the trees?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Red.

4. What did Zippy's mom think of Dan's ESP power?
(a) He could sense danger.
(b) He had a special religious feeling.
(c) He was a blocker.
(d) He could read the future.

5. What did Dana's parents do after work?
(a) They went to bars to drink.
(b) They went home to get ready for the next day.
(c) They gambled at the riverboats.
(d) The went bowling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mr. McCutcheon do for Dan?

2. What had Melinda done to her house after she got married?

3. What instrument did Zippy want to play in the band?

4. What was unique about Dana's parents?

5. Where did Zippy's family keep her pony Tim without permission?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Danny's most prominent characteristic according to Zippy?

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

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

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 Zippy's memory of the drive in theater?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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