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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 did Zippy trade the hippie couple for to get the dog?
2. What did Zippy overhear Mrs. O'Dell say to Polly?
3. What had Melinda done to her house after she got married?
4. Why did Dan start playing basketball?
5. What did Zippy also get the year she got the piano for Christmas?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why was Zippy so stunned by the question Melinda asks about their father: "Is he drinking?"
3. How did Zippy's father prepare for camping? Why did he always have what he needed?
4. What did Zippy's grandma tell her new daughter-in-law when she was first married?
5. How did Zippy view cleaning and parenting?
6. 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?
7. How much did Zippy understand about Dana's parents?
8. What did Zippy's mom mean when she said usually "people aren't thinking about you at all"?
9. Why did Robert Frost's poem mean so much to Zippy?
10. What does the love of crafts say about the time period that Zippy grew up in?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Although the author indicates that Mooreland was not connected to the outside world, what happened in this town that linked it with other towns across the country and gives the reader a sense of the year?
Essay Topic 2
Explain what the author means by the statement that there was no multiculturalism in Mooreland, IN. Please reference her examples. What did Zippy view as multiculturalism? Was it different colors of skin or different classes of people? Explain your answer.
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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