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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Lick desire to do with attractive women?
(a) Kill them.
(b) Mutilate them.
(c) Befriend them.
(d) Date them.

2. Miranda reveals that she has recently been approached by a woman named Miss Lick with an interesting offer to make money. What does Miranda have to do in this deal?
(a) Have her tail removed.
(b) Spy on Crystal Lil.
(c) Research the history of the Binewski family.
(d) Perform as a Geek in the circus.

3. Who finds the Binewski children hiding in a cherry tree?
(a) Children from town.
(b) A farmer from town.
(c) Crystal Lil.
(d) Miss Lick.

4. 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) Recycled items found on the circus grounds.
(b) His telekinesis.
(c) His hands.
(d) His imagination.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the rest of the children respond to Dr. Phyllis' new position?

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

3. How old is Chick when he begins working for the circus?

4. When Oly sneaks away to listen to a story while she is supposed to be watching Chick, what happens while she is gone?

5. Why does Al regularly take Chick into town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lil Binewski do that is unusual during her pregnancies?

2. Why does Oly feel guilty after her performance at Miranda's work?

3. How is the twins' sick horse healed?

4. How does Arty begin drawing larger crowds to his shows?

5. What does the article Oly finds tell us about Dr. Phyllis time in medical school?

6. Describe the invention that Zephr McGurk brings to Arty.

7. What significant event happens on the twins' 14th birthday?

8. Why does Oly visit Miranda in her apartment?

9. What is on Miss Lick's home videos?

10. What happens between Arty and Chick when Oly sneaks off to listen to a story, leaving Chick unsupervised?

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