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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Miriam rediscover her favorite word?

2. What gift does Miriam present Eliza with?

3. In which game does Miriam first experience her favorite word?

4. Why does Miriam regret giving Eliza the gift?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Eliza's relationship with her father change after she wins the spelling bee contest?

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

4. How does Aaron when Saul tells him what has happened to his mother?

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

6. How does Aaron meet Chali?

7. What does Miriam think Tikkun Olam means?

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

9. What problem did Miriam mother's have with children?

10. What was Saul's life like before he met Miriam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the Hare Krishna religion different to Judaism?Why is this difference so attractive to Aaron?

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author foreshadow the problems that occur late in the book? Why is foreshadowing important to a story?

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