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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Miriam's mother reluctant to interact with Miriam?
(a) She was worried she may die like her other children.
(b) Miriam always screamed as soon as she got near.
(c) Miraim was always ill with something.
(d) She was scared of Miriam's temper.

2. Where does Miriam rediscover her favorite word?
(a) In Eliza.
(b) In a kaleidoscope.
(c) In her marriage.
(d) In a telescope.

3. What is Eliza caught doing in Ms. Bergermeyer's class?
(a) Practicing for the spelling bee.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Writing notes to boys.
(d) Drawing over her exercise book.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eliza's cursive Q look like?

2. What does Saul tell Aaron he has just been reading about?

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

4. What did Saul discover at the same time as LSD?

5. Who does Saul's roommate at Baruch Yeshiva declare himself to be to the college dean?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Hare Krishna chanting begin to help Aaron?

2. How does Saul react to Eliza winning the first spelling bee contest?

3. How does Eliza think she is different from her family before she wins the spelling bee contest?

4. How does Miriam hurt her head?

5. Describe Miriam's first experience of stealing from a store.

6. Describe Miriam's relationship with her children at the beginning of the book?

7. What secrets do Aaron and Eliza share with each other in this section?

8. How is Miriam sexual voracity causing problems for Saul in this section?

9. In what way could the marriage of Saul and Miriam be described as unconventional?

10. How does Miriam make it easier for herself to steal things?

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