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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which do of the following words does Eliza have to spell in the spelling competition Ms. Rai presides over?
(a) Delicious.
(b) Origami.
(c) Salacious.
(d) Butane.

2. What seeps into Aaron's skin and infuses his blood?
(a) His father's pride.
(b) His new girlfriend.
(c) His Jewishness.
(d) His sister's success.

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

4. What does Aaron's father present him with at his bar mitzvah?
(a) A 12 string guitar.
(b) A ticket to Israel.
(c) A torah.
(d) A trumpet.

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

6. What is Eliza's reading group called?
(a) Dingbats.
(b) Lorry drivers.
(c) Racecars.
(d) Batterup.

7. What word does Eliza have to spell in round seven of the spelling contest?
(a) Origami.
(b) Titanium.
(c) Crepuscule.
(d) Constancy.

8. What does Eliza tell the smart girls it felt like winning the spelling bee contest?
(a) Like speaking to God.
(b) Like floating on air.
(c) Like being famous.
(d) Like falling in love.

9. What did Saul lure Miriam with?
(a) His cooking.
(b) His patience.
(c) His constancy.
(d) His blue eyes.

10. Which of the following words does Eliza have to spell at the competition?
(a) Blitz.
(b) Wirklich.
(c) Wahrschein.
(d) Gegenschein.

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

12. What does the spelling bee registrar ask Eliza for?
(a) A deposit.
(b) An entrance fee.
(c) A picture ID.
(d) A birth certificate.

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

14. What does Aaron say he once wet his pants at the sight of?
(a) His dead grandfather.
(b) His naked mother.
(c) The school bullies.
(d) The headmaster.

15. What word did Saul's mother's box of photos teach him?
(a) Unorthodox.
(b) Orthodox.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the national spelling bee take place?

2. What does Aaron hate his father doing while he is driving?

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

4. Why was Miriam's mother reluctant to interact with Miriam?

5. What was Saul Naumann original surname?

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