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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aaron hate his father doing while he is driving?
(a) Turning the music up to full volume.
(b) Looking at the passengers.
(c) Crunching the gears.
(d) Tapping the steering wheel.

2. What is the name of the stray that hangs around the school?
(a) Sucker.
(b) Doc.
(c) Loser.
(d) Hard Boy.

3. What does Saul imagine he is smashing into bits when he smashing the wineglass at his wedding?
(a) His religion.
(b) His freedom.
(c) His father.
(d) His past.

4. Who does Saul's roommate at Baruch Yeshiva declare himself to be to the college dean?
(a) The Israeli primeminister.
(b) The son of God.
(c) Moses.
(d) Abraham.

5. What does Jared say his reading group is reading excerpts from?
(a) The cannon.
(b) The Plumber.
(c) The Regal.
(d) The Postman.

6. How does Sinna Bhagudor start helping out Eliza in this section?
(a) By lending her money for a bus.
(b) By pushing away the people who want to bully her.
(c) By saving her a seat in the lunchroom.
(d) By helping her practice for the spelling bee contest.

7. What does Ms. Rai growl when she brings down the gavel?
(a) Sit down.
(b) Next.
(c) Incorrect.
(d) Quiet.

8. What did Saul discover at the same time as LSD?
(a) The Beatles.
(b) Jewish mysticism.
(c) Women.
(d) Writing.

9. What does the red-hair girl's whispered mantra sound like to Eliza?
(a) Little pigs, little pigs.
(b) Funny bones, funny bones.
(c) Blow me down, blow me down
(d) Mr bear, my my bear.

10. What did Holly and Gina want to paint their finger nails with?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Blueberries.
(c) Red berries.
(d) Blackberries.

11. What does the Dutch governess give Miriam for her birthday?
(a) A laptop.
(b) Paints.
(c) A rosary.
(d) A crucifix.

12. What reason does Aaron give Eliza for no longer playing the guitar?
(a) He has no talent for music.
(b) He wants to punish their father.
(c) He is being teased at school for his poor playing.
(d) He wants to play another instrument.

13. What household duties does Saul handle?
(a) Birthday reminders and washing the kids.
(b) The cooking and shopping.
(c) The driving and the bedtime stories.
(d) The cleaning and the accounts.

14. What does Miriam steal from a house at the end of this section?
(a) A diamond earring.
(b) A blue ceramic dish.
(c) A gold chain.
(d) A blue vase.

15. What kind of game does Eliza think the day has become?
(a) A duck duck goose game.
(b) A fox fox mouse game.
(c) A wheat cat mouse game.
(d) A dog duck fox game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of Christian church does Aaron visit in this section?

2. What does every teacher tell every child to do at precisely 11 am at McKinley Elementary School?

3. What does Eliza tell the smart girls it felt like winning the spelling bee contest?

4. What kind of bird does Ms. Lowodski share her home with?

5. What word does Eliza hear in her head as if Aaron had said it aloud?

(see the answer keys)

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