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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Arty imply that Leona dies?
(a) She drown.
(b) She was eaten by the giant cats.
(c) He killed her.
(d) She was poisoned.

2. What do Oly and Miss Lick watch together?
(a) Home videos.
(b) Political debates.
(c) Soap operas.
(d) Sporting events.

3. 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 wanders off and is lost in the woods.
(b) Arty tries to smother Chick.
(c) Chick attacks Arty while he is sleeping.
(d) Chick damages the engine of the bus, leaving the family stranded.

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

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

6. How does Crystal Lil watch television?
(a) In a recliner, under her lucky afghan.
(b) She does not believe in watching television.
(c) With a giant magnifying glass.
(d) Through the window, into the neighbor's apartment.

7. What does Arty begin predicting in his act in an attempt to draw larger crowds?
(a) Lottery numbers.
(b) The end of the world.
(c) Weather.
(d) Futures.

8. What happens when Chick is hungry and Lil does not come to feed him?
(a) Chick screams until she comes.
(b) Chick makes himself invisible.
(c) Chick moves Lil closer to him with his mind.
(d) Chick becomes malnourished.

9. What is the name of the Binewski family's circus?
(a) The Binewski Fabulous Freaks.
(b) The Binewski Fabulon.
(c) The Binewski Fabulous.
(d) The Binewski Family Fabulon of Freaks.

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

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

12. How does Chick react to circus life?
(a) He despises being part of a freak show.
(b) He is nervous that he cannot perform to the caliber of his siblings.
(c) He is constantly tired.
(d) He is bouncing off the walls with excitement.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chick explains to Arty that he can feel things that normal people cannot. What is one thing that Chick says he can feel?

2. Who cleans the Chute?

3. How is Alma Witherspoon described?

4. What does Vern Bogner do when he sees the Binewskis step out of their car?

5. Even though Oly spends most of her adulthood in hiding, what does she do spontaneously that seems out of character?

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