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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Oly sneaks away to listen to a story while she is supposed to be watching Chick, what happens while she is gone?
(a) Chick damages the engine of the bus, leaving the family stranded.
(b) Arty tries to smother Chick.
(c) Chick attacks Arty while he is sleeping.
(d) Chick wanders off and is lost in the woods.

2. Who is Miranda?
(a) A young woman who lives in Oly's tenement building.
(b) An old friend of Crystal Lil.
(c) A homeless youth on the street outside Oly's tenement building.
(d) The landlord of Oly's tenement building.

3. How are the children treated by the doctors at the hospital?
(a) The doctors handle them as though they are fragile.
(b) The doctors handle them roughly.
(c) The doctors handle them with reverence.
(d) The doctors treat them normally.

4. Which name does Iphy say in her sleep, infuriating Elly?
(a) Arty.
(b) Chick.
(c) Horst.
(d) Vern Bogner.

5. Who does Alma say that she desires to be like?
(a) Oly.
(b) Dr. Phyllis.
(c) Arty.
(d) Chick.

6. How old is Chick before Lil can carry him around in her arms?
(a) Three years old.
(b) 18 months old.
(c) Four months old.
(d) Lil is never able to hold him.

7. Chick explains to Arty that he can feel things that normal people cannot. What is one thing that Chick says he can feel?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) Truth.
(d) Mystery.

8. What is the reaction to Chick immediately after his birth?
(a) The family is sure he will be their biggest money maker.
(b) The family is pleased with the effects of their latest experiment.
(c) The family is ecstatic to have another child.
(d) The family wants to abandon him.

9. What do the twins experience for the first time on their 14th birthday?
(a) Their first menstrual cycle.
(b) Their first vision.
(c) Their first kiss.
(d) Their first seizure.

10. Why does Crystal Lil take the children into town?
(a) To have them checked out by the town physician.
(b) To purchase material for new costumes.
(c) To interview applicants for the circus.
(d) To treat them to a meal at a restaurant.

11. How do the rest of the children respond to Dr. Phyllis' new position?
(a) They are apathetic.
(b) They are ecstatic.
(c) They never find out.
(d) They dislike it.

12. What does Miranda ask Oly to do for her?
(a) To loan her money for school.
(b) To pose for a medical drawings.
(c) To give an interview about circus life.
(d) To take care of her cat while she is away.

13. How does Oly react to Miranda's information about Miss Lick?
(a) She is upset.
(b) She is jealous.
(c) She is confused.
(d) She is excited.

14. How does Arty make Oly feel in relation to the family?
(a) That she is the glue holding the family together.
(b) That she isn't as desirable as the rest of the children.
(c) That she is the most freakish.
(d) That she is the most valuable child.

15. What sport does Oly take up in order to get closer to Miss Lick?
(a) Softball.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Wrestling.
(d) Badminton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Oly considered a disappointment when she is first born?

2. What does Alma have removed from her body?

3. Where does Oly work as an adult?

4. When Chick's power is realized, whose reaction does Oly worry about?

5. How do Lil and Al obtain their freakish children?

(see the answer keys)

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