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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 Agate feed the ducks when she takes Simon to gather eggs?
(a) Waterfowl pellets.
(b) Chicken layer feed.
(c) Dried corn.
(d) Dried peas.

2. Where did Simon and his classmates hide during the shooting at his school?
(a) Music room.
(b) Supply cabinet.
(c) Art room.
(d) Coat room.

3. How did Mr. Bagshott's animals get loose?
(a) Coral left the gate open.
(b) The animals broke through a fence.
(c) Todd left the gate open.
(d) The goats damaged a gate.

4. Where did Simon always stay when he would visit his grandmother at her old farmhouse?
(a) Attic.
(b) Storm cellar.
(c) Front porch.
(d) Back porch.

5. In Chapter 22, what flowers are planted downtown in Grin And Bear It?
(a) Petunias.
(b) Geraniums.
(c) Chrysanthemums.
(d) Hydrangeas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Martin talking to on the phone when Simon comes home from school early in Chapter 19?

2. How many watts of electromagnetic radiation does Kevin say a microwave like his family has can produce?

3. Why does Mr. Greenway calls Isobel at 4 a.m. in the morning to go out to the Van der Zwaan farm?

4. When there is a tornado the last week of school, what building gets hit by lightning?

5. What tree is Onyx climbing when Simon and Kevin bike to the Van der Zwaan farm in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the basement like at the funeral home?

2. How do Agate and Simon lure the emus back to Mr. Bashott's farm?

3. Why does Simon not go to school on the last day of the year?

4. Why is it easy to steal Kevin's microwave?

5. Why does Simon think they run into a space alien when he and Kevin take the microwave to Agate's treehouse?

6. What is it like at the Van der Zwaan farm when Isobel and Simon come to help with the emus?

7. In Chapter 20, why does Simon leave church early?

8. Who figures out how to make the microwave run while it is open, and how do they make it run when it is open?

9. What do Simon and Kevin talk about after church in Chapter 20?

10. Why does Saint Barbara's catch on fire even though they have a lightning rod?

(see the answer keys)

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