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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 do the children help Grandpa bottle at Rocket's birthday party, according to the story?
(a) Magic.
(b) Sound waves.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Lightning bugs.

2. What does Lill compliment Mibs about, according to the story?
(a) Her savvy.
(b) Her dress.
(c) Her book.
(d) Her eyes.

3. Who explains to Mibs about why the Beaumont children have their special powers, according to the story?
(a) Mother.
(b) Father.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Grandfather.

4. What is the age that Lill points out as being a tough age, when Lill and Mibs are talking together?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 12.

5. Who talks to the other children in order to share that they are hungry and they need to eat?
(a) Samson.
(b) Fish.
(c) Gypsy.
(d) Lester.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Grandpa make for Momma and Poppa once it was clear they were going to be married?

2. Who interrupts Mibs as she begins to tell Will about their powers and about the way they are different?

3. What does Mibs think is her savvy at this point in the story, and she tries to explain this to the others?

4. Rocket's power is the power of ___________, according to the story and this can get him into trouble.

5. Rocket claims that _________ never get earth-shattering savvies like the ones he and his brothers have.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Miss Rosemary come to stay with the Beaumont family?

2. What was the savvy of Grandpa that was displayed during Rocket's thirteenth birthday, according to the book?

3. What does Mibs begin to worry about as she continues to hear things from others around her?

4. Where does Poppa like to take the children until he can build them one of their own, according to the book?

5. What surprises the children when they are finally all in the bus together?

6. What happened after Rocket felt ill while carrying the jars of songs, according to the book?

7. How did Poppa first learn about savvies when he was with the children's mother, according to the book?

8. Who are the women's voices in Mibs' head that are arguing, according to the book?

9. What is the surprising news the children hear about the trip on the bus, according to the book?

10. How does the Beaumont grandfather explain the gifts that run in their family, according to the book?

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