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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. At the party at Rose of Sharon's house, what gift did Zippy get?

2. What did Zippy overhear Mrs. O'Dell say to Polly?

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

4. What did Zippy's mother ask her to take to her married brother's house for her brother's wife?

5. What one concession did Zippy want on her new bicycle that her father built for her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the love of crafts say about the time period that Zippy grew up in?

6. What did Zippy think of her father's belief in God after he took Zippy to his "church?"

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

8. What was the ultimate reason Zippy did not get the presents she wanted for Christmas?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Zippy's dad prepare to go camping? How would you describe this behavior? Why do you think Zippy's dad went through this ritual? Why was this important to him?

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

Does the author believe that Mooreland is the same now as it was when she grew up there? What does she say about the current residents? Why do you think she writes this disclaimer in the Prologue of the book? What, in Zippy's personality, is the author trying to protect when she does this?

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