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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. Why does Mr. Greenway calls Isobel at 4 a.m. in the morning to go out to the Van der Zwaan farm?
(a) Loose cows.
(b) Loose emus.
(c) Loose horses.
(d) Loose sheep.

2. How long are an emu's talons?
(a) 4 inches.
(b) 6 inches.
(c) 5 inches.
(d) 3 inches.

3. How did Kevin do at the regional science fair competition?
(a) 1st place.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Silver.
(d) 3rd place.

4. What does Mr. Bagshott call Agnes?
(a) Rocky.
(b) Petra.
(c) Lapis.
(d) Pebbles.

5. What time does Simon wake and not get back to sleep in Chapter 15?
(a) 3:30 a.m.
(b) 4 a.m.
(c) 4:30 a.m.
(d) 3 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Simon always stay when he would visit his grandmother at her old farmhouse?

2. Where was Isobel when she heard about the tornado?

3. After Kevin's father lends Kevin, Simon, and Agate an extension cord and Agate buys one, how many feet short are they?

4. What is parked in front of Simon's house when he goes back home after setting up the microwave in the treehouse for the broadcast the next day?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Simon alone at church in Chapter 20?

2. How does Doc Matapang make a halo halo for Simon?

3. Where is Mr. Semple's body found and how did it get there?

4. How does Simon describe the school shooting?

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

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

7. What is Run Across America?

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

9. How is Mister Missing Body Semple related to other people in Grin And Bear It?

10. After the school shooting, how did Isobel get a reporter named Kathy Catchpole to stop writing about the shooting?

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