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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator compare Nadia to when first introducing her in chapter 2?
(a) Pancakes with syrup.
(b) Waffles with strawberries.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Cinnamon toast.

2. How many lines of poetry did the sixth graders have to memorize each month at Mrs. Olinski's first job?
(a) Forty.
(b) Four.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Four hundred.

3. According to the narrator, sixth grade is the place where kids...
(a) ...can get inside the print to the meaning.
(b) ...can get into big, dangerous fights.
(c) ...stop caring about school.
(d) ...can figure out how to manipulate their teachers.

4. What book does Mrs. Olinski think of while watching the superintendent and the commissioner?
(a) Alice in Wonderland.
(b) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
(c) Charlotte's Web.
(d) Bridge to Terabithia.

5. What does Nadia say had been the worst part of her trip to Florida?
(a) Checking Ginger in to the baggage compartment.
(b) Meeting up with her dad at the airport.
(c) Taking off in the plane.
(d) Landing in the plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many empty egg shells were in the nest Izzy and Margy dug out?

2. What does Mrs. Draper never call herself?

3. What does Nadia compare Margy to when she wears her green pantsuit?

4. What season does Mrs. Olinski feel she should prefer?

5. What color of hair does Mrs. Olinski NOT mention in her joke with Dr. Rohmer?

(see the answer key)

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