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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's father win gambling that belonged to Zippy and only Zippy?
2. What did Zippy record things on?
3. How old was Dan when Melinda was born?
4. What happened when David Lee was wrestling and threw Zippy?
5. What did Zippy's dad have a copy of hanging on the wall in the house that was decoupaged?
Short Essay Questions
1. How much did Zippy understand about Dana's parents?
2. What did Zippy's mom mean when she said usually "people aren't thinking about you at all"?
3. What was the ultimate reason Zippy did not get the presents she wanted for Christmas?
4. What did Zippy's grandma tell her new daughter-in-law when she was first married?
5. What does the love of crafts say about the time period that Zippy grew up in?
6. How did Zippy view cleaning and parenting?
7. Why did Robert Frost's poem mean so much to Zippy?
8. Why did Zippy feel everything in her life changed when Dana moved to town?
9. What did Zippy mean when her mother rode off on her bike and Zippy thought, "It won't be long now."
10. How did Zippy's father prepare for camping? Why did he always have what he needed?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
Did Zippy's mom feel guilty about Zippy being sick as a baby? How did that manifest in her life and her raising of Zippy?
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