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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of food does Miss Lick's family produce?
(a) Free range meats.
(b) International soups.
(c) Organic pizzas.
(d) Microwave dinners.

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

3. Where does Oly work as an adult?
(a) At a doctor's office.
(b) At a radio station.
(c) For the Binewski circus.
(d) She is unemployed.

4. What is Vern Bogner's emotional state when he arrives at the shopping station?
(a) Excited.
(b) Apapthetic.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Nervous.

5. What is on display in the Chute?
(a) The awards that the Binewski children have won.
(b) The Binewski children who have died.
(c) Photographs of the Binewski children throughout their childhoods.
(d) The scientific directions for how each Binewski child was created.

6. What does Dr. Phyllis take over that was initially Al's job?
(a) Medical care of the children.
(b) Marketing for the circus.
(c) Direction of the children's shows.
(d) Hiring of new acts.

7. What did Dr. Phyllis believe was implanted in her abdomen while she was in medical school?
(a) A fetus.
(b) A tumor.
(c) A monitoring device.
(d) A camera.

8. Why doesn't Oly tell her mother who she is?
(a) Oly doesn't know that Crystal Lil is her mother.
(b) Oly plans on telling her mother but has never had the opportunity.
(c) Oly is afraid that her mother will not recognize her.
(d) Oly believes her mother has chosen to forget her.

9. What does Lillian say is the greatest gift a parent can give to their children?
(a) The societal gift of difference.
(b) The inherent ability to earn a living just by being themselves.
(c) The knowledge that freaks are intrinsically better than norms.
(d) An educational life of traveling.

10. In order to make the task even more difficult for Chick to complete, what is the only tool that Arty allows him to use?
(a) His telekinesis.
(b) His imagination.
(c) Recycled items found on the circus grounds.
(d) His hands.

11. What does Vern Bogner do when he sees the Binewskis step out of their car?
(a) He asks for their autographs.
(b) He shoots them.
(c) He mistakenly identifies them as old friends.
(d) He ignores them.

12. Why was Oly considered a disappointment when she is first born?
(a) Because she was born a freak.
(b) Because she was born completely healthy.
(c) Because it was only obvious at birth that she was a dwarf.
(d) Because it was only obvious at birth that she was an albino.

13. How did the Binewski family children interact with the children of the town?
(a) The Binewski children were sent to regular elementary school.
(b) The Binewski children put on special shows for neighborhood children.
(c) The Binewski children were kept separate from all other children.
(d) The Binewski children sold their friendships to the highest paying buyers.

14. What job does Zephr McGurk take on in order to stay close to Arty?
(a) Electrician.
(b) Physician.
(c) Plumber.
(d) Tutor.

15. Who is Leona, the girl with the alligator tail?
(a) Arty's love interest.
(b) Oly's imaginary friend.
(c) A Binewski child who died.
(d) A performer in a rival circus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the children have to go to the hospital?

2. How are the children treated by the doctors at the hospital?

3. Where is Chick kept when he cannot be watched by his family?

4. When Oly arrives home after visiting Miranda's work, what is she worried about that prevents her from falling asleep?

5. What does Lil give Chick permission to do with his powers after he witnesses Mariposa's accident?

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