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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Miriam sew special pockets into her clothes?
(a) To keep her many legal documents.
(b) To help her steal.
(c) To help her hide money.
(d) To hide things from Saul.

2. What does Aaron often save Eliza from?
(a) Darth Vader.
(b) Bullies.
(c) Bad dreams.
(d) Alien monsters.

3. What does Saul tell Aaron he has just been reading about?
(a) Jewish persecution in the 13th century.
(b) The Golem.
(c) Jewish film directors.
(d) The mystics migration to Israel.

4. What is the smallest room in Eliza's house?
(a) The dining room.
(b) Her father's study.
(c) Her bedroom.
(d) The kitchen.

5. What does Eliza think makes spelling redundant?
(a) The dictionary.
(b) The Internet.
(c) Television.
(d) The theasaurus.

6. What did Aaron see when he was eight years old?
(a) A rape.
(b) God.
(c) The devil.
(d) A murder.

7. What is Saul's pet name for Miriam?
(a) Hidden pear.
(b) Miss July.
(c) Apple cheeks.
(d) Hourglass.

8. What does Saul chide Aaron for when Saul knocks on the study door?
(a) Not using the secret knock.
(b) Knocking too loudly.
(c) For not knocking at the specified time.
(d) Interrupting the study sessions with Eliza.

9. What is the name of number 24?
(a) Lucas Dean.
(b) Laura Zeal.
(c) Peter Thompson.
(d) Matthew Harris.

10. What is the name of the program that Saul wants his daughter to be placed in?
(a) TAG.
(b) RAG.
(c) IQ.
(d) CORE.

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

12. Where does Miriam study her dictionary?
(a) Her father's study.
(b) The attic.
(c) Her bedroom.
(d) The bottom of the garden.

13. What does Tikkan Olam mean?
(a) The fixing of the world.
(b) The unfixing of earth.
(c) The beauty of the sun.
(d) The lost pieces of the lost world.

14. What is Eliza trying to feel when she hugs Miriam's gift to her face?
(a) The happiness Miriam once felt.
(b) Miriam's aura.
(c) Miriam's smell.
(d) The letters of Miriam's name.

15. What word does the Pakistani boy misspell for Eliza to win the competition?
(a) Glissando.
(b) Sacreligious.
(c) Crepuscule.
(d) Element.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first item Miriam stole?

2. What word is full of possibility?

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

4. What does Saul buy for Eliza to hep her win the spelling bee contest?

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

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