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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Episodes 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gran Gran call the esophagus?
(a) Taste tunnel.
(b) Flavor channel.
(c) Swallow passageway.
(d) Food tube.

2. What does Portico do when he gets back to his apartment and sees his dad holding the picture frame?
(a) Crumbles his chips and blows them in his dad's face.
(b) Tries to reason with his dad.
(c) Yells and grabs the picture frame.
(d) Trips his dad.

3. What does Portico offer Herbert when he first meets him?
(a) Chedar popcorn.
(b) Barbecue chips.
(c) Sour cream and onion chips.
(d) Caramel corn.

4. How many floors does Skylight Gardens have?
(a) 10.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

5. What happens when Portico is bumped when he is doing a walking handstand?
(a) The cake, ice cream, and punch fly everywhere.
(b) Everyone yells at Portico.
(c) Zola birthday presents are crushed.
(d) Everyone laughs at Portico.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Portico leaves the birthday party, what are his parents fighting over?

2. How many days have Portico and Zola known each other at the beginning of the book?

3. When Portico thinks his parents might erase the past, what does Herbert do when Portico runs by him and his friends?

4. Where did Portico's parents get a coffee table?

5. What type of punch does the narrator think should be served at a birthday party?

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