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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 is the mansion Eliza and Wilbur live in surrounded by?
(a) Desolate grounds.
(b) Apple orchards.
(c) A vineyard.
(d) Cherry orchards.

2. Where does Eliza eventually die?
(a) On a plane.
(b) The Moon.
(c) New York City.
(d) Mars.

3. On their 15th birthday, Wilbur and Eliza write a note revealing their intelligence on what?
(a) A bedsheet.
(b) A cell phone.
(c) A piece of paper.
(d) A book jacket.

4. As children, what intellectual debate do Wilbur and Eliza enjoy?
(a) Man versus woman.
(b) Einstein's theory of relativity.
(c) Franklin's theory of light.
(d) Darwin's theory of evolution.

5. Kurt Vonnegut imagines that most people will die of what in Manhattan?
(a) "The Red Prejudice."
(b) "The Black Plague."
(c) "The Green Death."
(d) "The Yellow of Broken Dreams."

Short Answer Questions

1. Prior to their separation, what do Wilbur and Eliza hide in a mausoleum?

2. Who do Melody and Isadore believe is the most important being in history?

3. When Wilbur and Eliza reveal their intelligence to the staff at the mansion, they also do what?

4. What famous storybook does Eliza relate to when Wilbur reads it to her?

5. How old is Wilbur at the beginning of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Wilbur and Eliza discover about gravity?

2. Why does Dr. Cordiner get angry at Wilbur and Eliza?

3. As Wilbur writes his memoirs, he discovers Melody and Isadore are planning a what?

4. Why does Wilbur want to believe that Dr. Mott knew the truth about Wilbur and Eliza?

5. What do Melody and Isadore use to build their pyramid?

6. Wilbur believes that Elihu added Roosevelt to his name for what purpose?

7. Why is Dr. Mott important to Wilbur and Eliza?

8. What do Wilbur and Eliza reveal to their parents on a bed sheet?

9. Upon hearing the story "The Ugly Duckling," Eliza makes up her own ending. What does the duckling turn into?

10. Following her stay in the mental institution, what does Eliza think of the United States?

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