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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Julian teaches Nadia while The Souls are training Ginger for her audition?
(a) How to make Ginger jump on cue.
(b) How to palm a treat so the audience won't notice.
(c) Never to give Ginger a treat before she earns it.
(d) How to make Ginger bark on cue.

2. What does Tillie say is the biggest single factor in the decline of Western Civilization?
(a) Post-it notes.
(b) No one keeps pet cats anymore.
(c) The ballpoint pen.
(d) Laziness.

3. What does Nadia think of Margy?
(a) She thinks she's smart.
(b) She doesn't like her much.
(c) She doesn't understand what her grandpa likes about her.
(d) She thinks she's beautiful.

4. What does Mrs. Olinski say "paraplegic" means?
(a) She can't write above the middle of the board.
(b) She's paralyzed from the waist down.
(c) She can't stand up.
(d) She's paralyzed from the neck down.

5. What is the kind of audition called that Nadia takes Ginger to?
(a) An animal call.
(b) A cattle call.
(c) An open audition.
(d) A doggie audition.

6. Why is the air conditioner in the building turned on?
(a) Because it is too hot to think.
(b) Because there are so many people in the building.
(c) Because someone accidentally turned it on.
(d) Because the calendar says it will be hot.

7. What is the name of the monkey that accompanies Julian and his family aboard the ship?
(a) Sapphire.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Pearl.
(d) Emerald.

8. What does Ethan say about his brother Luke?
(a) He has his faults.
(b) He is just like Ethan.
(c) He has become a myth.
(d) He isn't very smart.

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

10. What did Mrs. Singh do for a living before she died?
(a) She sold real estate.
(b) She was a writer.
(c) She was a singer.
(d) She was a teacher.

11. What show does Allen take Nadia and Ethan to see?
(a) The Lion King.
(b) Cats.
(c) The Phantom of the Opera.
(d) West Side Story.

12. Which of the following places is not mentioned in the Academic Bowl question in chapter 3?
(a) Auburn.
(b) Seneca Falls.
(c) Ithaca.
(d) Homer.

13. What does Nadia say Ginger doesn't do?
(a) Arf.
(b) Bark on cue.
(c) Follow rules.
(d) Make a scene in public.

14. What does Ethan want to be when he grows up?
(a) A costume designer.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A farmer.

15. What does Mrs. Olinski do in order to find out about Ethan?
(a) She watchs him closely.
(b) She talks to his friends.
(c) She asks to talk to him privately.
(d) She calls his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did sixth graders use to ask, according to the narrator?

2. Which name did Mrs. Olinski have two of in her class the year she had her accident?

3. What does Mrs. Olinski say she gets when introducing herself to her homeroom class for the first time?

4. The second Academic Bowl question, posed in chapter 2, revolves around what?

5. Who approves people to move turtle nests?

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