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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. What gift does Miriam present Eliza with?

2. What opens up a new universe for Eliza?

3. What word does the Pakistani boy misspell for Eliza to win the competition?

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

5. What is the smallest room in Eliza's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what does Aaron show how much Hare Krishna has effected him in this section?

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

3. How does Eliza react when Miriam gives her a blouse to wear at the spelling contest?

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

5. Describe the house Miriam steals from at the beginning of this section?

6. How does Miriam hurt her head?

7. What religious and spiritual awakening does Saul experience at his wedding?

8. Describe Saul's relationship with his children at the beginning of this book?

9. How dd Miriam's parent's death affect her?

10. What does the Miriam's storage space tell Saul about the life his wife has been leading?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has Saul's upbringing affects the decisions he makes and how he brings up his own children? In what way does he repeat his father's mistakes?

Essay Topic 2

Why is winning the spelling bee so important to Eliza? How does it change her life? In what way and why does this change prove not to completely positive? What do these changes express competition and academic pursuit?

Essay Topic 3

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

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