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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does the national spelling bee take place?
(a) Seattle.
(b) New York.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Washington DC.
2. What does Saul overhear the woman say her son has been identified as?
(a) Illiterate and lonely.
(b) Talented and gifted.
(c) Spiritual and deep.
(d) Friendly and humorous.
3. What does Aaron hate his father doing while he is driving?
(a) Crunching the gears.
(b) Tapping the steering wheel.
(c) Looking at the passengers.
(d) Turning the music up to full volume.
4. What was the first item Miriam stole?
(a) A book.
(b) A tennis racket.
(c) A pink rubber ball.
(d) A blue vase.
5. What does Eliza think her family appears like in the photographs?
(a) Superficial.
(b) Disjointed.
(c) Happy.
(d) Drugged.
6. Why does Miriam sew special pockets into her clothes?
(a) To help her hide money.
(b) To hide things from Saul.
(c) To keep her many legal documents.
(d) To help her steal.
7. What does the spelling bee registrar ask Eliza for?
(a) A birth certificate.
(b) An entrance fee.
(c) A picture ID.
(d) A deposit.
8. How does Sinna Bhagudor start helping out Eliza in this section?
(a) By saving her a seat in the lunchroom.
(b) By pushing away the people who want to bully her.
(c) By helping her practice for the spelling bee contest.
(d) By lending her money for a bus.
9. What does Tikkan Olam mean?
(a) The unfixing of earth.
(b) The lost pieces of the lost world.
(c) The fixing of the world.
(d) The beauty of the sun.
10. What is Eliza caught doing in Ms. Bergermeyer's class?
(a) Drawing over her exercise book.
(b) Writing notes to boys.
(c) Practicing for the spelling bee.
(d) Sleeping.
11. What religion does Aaron decide to research after looking into Christianity?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Sikhism.
12. Who does Saul's roommate at Baruch Yeshiva declare himself to be to the college dean?
(a) The son of God.
(b) Abraham.
(c) The Israeli primeminister.
(d) Moses.
13. Which do of the following words does Eliza have to spell in the spelling competition Ms. Rai presides over?
(a) Butane.
(b) Salacious.
(c) Origami.
(d) Delicious.
14. What seeps into Aaron's skin and infuses his blood?
(a) His sister's success.
(b) His father's pride.
(c) His Jewishness.
(d) His new girlfriend.
15. What does Miriam steal from a house at the end of this section?
(a) A blue vase.
(b) A diamond earring.
(c) A gold chain.
(d) A blue ceramic dish.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Miriam give Eliza to wear for the spelling bee contest?
2. Who call Eliza a stuck up snob?
3. What does Aaron often save Eliza from?
4. What word does Eliza have to spell in round seven of the spelling contest?
5. What does Aaron's father present him with at his bar mitzvah?
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