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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the one main street in Mooreland when Zippy's family lived there?

2. How much, according to Zippy, did the hoods of Chevrolet vehicles weigh?

3. What did Zippy see her next door neighbor do with a chicken one morning before church?

4. What few businesses did Mooreland have?

5. What did Zippy tell Julie that her neighbor Edythe ate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Zippy think about her did leaving everyday but not mentioning work?

2. How did Zippy get her name? Why did the nickname stick?

3. Why was it important to Zippy that her sister win the Fair Queen in 1972?

4. Why was Zippy so emotional when Andy sang "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" at Jigger's funeral?

5. How did Zippy's dad's react to the teacher's comment that she colored outside the lines? Why do you think he reacted that way?

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

7. Who was Julie's voice and why?

8. When Zippy asked her sister about the child with disabilities, how did her sister handle it? How did this show maturity in her sister?

9. How did Zippy envision getting ready and walking to church?

10. What does Zippy's mother tell her about the green bag that she traded with the gypsies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Zippy's mom's upbringing. Do you think she had a good childhood? What do you think of the story that her mother told the class about the brain tumor? What does this do to your opinion of Zippy's mother? Do you think her childhood affected her adult life? How?

Essay Topic 2

Zippy tended to exaggerate at certain times in the book. Is there a pattern to this behavior? What is it? When does Zippy exaggerate? How does Zippy exaggerate? Does it add to the story? How?

Essay Topic 3

What did Zippy think of going to church on Sunday? How did she stall before church? What were some of her tricks? Was Zippy's opinion of church influenced by her father? How? How did her opinion change after he took her to "his" church?

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