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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color of hair does Mrs. Olinski NOT mention in her joke with Dr. Rohmer?
(a) Auburn.
(b) Blond.
(c) Brunette.
(d) Black.

2. What does the narrator say there had not been at the Bowl, unlike football Bowls?
(a) Hot dogs.
(b) Season tallies.
(c) Cheerleaders.
(d) Sunshine.

3. What is Mrs. Olinski's middle name?
(a) Elaine.
(b) Eva.
(c) Janie.
(d) Marie.

4. What does the commissioner pull out of his front pocket before reading the first question?
(a) A pair of reading glasses.
(b) His good-luck charm.
(c) A handkerchief.
(d) A card with the question on it.

5. The second Academic Bowl question, posed in chapter 2, revolves around what?
(a) Seashells.
(b) Turtles.
(c) Sand.
(d) Seaweed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the wedding invitations that Tillie and Noah made are "specially marked"?

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

3. What does Tillie say is the biggest single factor in the decline of Western Civilization?

4. Whom is the "man of the hour" in chapter 2?

5. What does Nadia think is the most glorious time of year?

(see the answer key)

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