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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. When Portico's father was a boy, what was he called?
(a) Peanut-Head.
(b) Basketball-Head.
(c) Walnut-Head.
(d) Softball-Head.

2. What does Portico use the Potato Bug move to escape?
(a) Explosion.
(b) Detonation.
(c) Combustion.
(d) Eruption.

3. What did Gran do when Portico's parents got a coffee table?
(a) Ate a candy bar and put her feet on it.
(b) Opened a butterscoth candy and put her feet on it.
(c) Opened a strawberry candy and put her feet on it.
(d) Ate a licorce twist and put her feet on it.

4. In Episode 3, what does Mr. Mister wash in the laundry room?
(a) Jeans.
(b) Shirts.
(c) Jackets.
(d) Shoelaces.

5. Of what sport are Syl and Byl the apartment building's champions?
(a) Table tennis.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Volleyball.
(d) Dodgeball.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Episode 3, what does Portico watch when he goes to the laundry room?

2. In Episode 3, what does the them song sound like?

3. In Episode 3, how many days are Zola and Portico into their friendship?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Mr. Mister, and what does he do all day?

2. What is the Zamarama Zigzag, and how does it work?

3. What stunt is Portico inspired to create after watching Mr. Brawner sell a lawn chair?

4. Who is Frisbee Foster, and how did she get her nickname?

5. How did Herbert come to live at Skylight Gardens?

6. How does Portico meet Herbert?

7. How does Portico save Mr. Chico in the stairwell?

8. What do Portico's parents tell him about moving?

9. Where does Portico Reeves live?

10. Why does Mama Gloria's apartment always stink?

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