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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Nadia say her bubbe would have made when she goes back to her grandpa's apartment to have Oreos?
(a) Homemade ruggelach.
(b) Homemade ingberlach.
(c) Homemade challah.
(d) Homemade teiglach.

3. What did sixth graders use to ask, according to the narrator?
(a) "Now what?"
(b) "So what?"
(c) "Say what?"
(d) "What?"

4. Who is Dr. Rohmer?
(a) The district superintendent.
(b) Nadia's father.
(c) The commissioner of education.
(d) Mrs. Olinski's brother.

5. Which student asks Mrs. Olinski to write higher on the board?
(a) Michael Froehlich.
(b) One of the two Jasons.
(c) Hamilton Knapp.
(d) Julian Singh.

6. What does Noah say is enough when Julian suggests The Souls need a project?
(a) Learning magic.
(b) Doing puzzles.
(c) Regular tea parties.
(d) Peeling wallpaper.

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

8. What does Noah say Grandma Sadie and Grandpa Nate did in their "former lives"?
(a) They were musicians.
(b) They had a bakery.
(c) They were accountants.
(d) They were gardeners.

9. 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) Never to give Ginger a treat before she earns it.
(c) How to make Ginger bark on cue.
(d) How to palm a treat so the audience won't notice.

10. Whom does Mrs. Olinski tell when she decides that Ethan should be part of the Academic Bowl team?
(a) Ethan.
(b) No one.
(c) The district superintendent.
(d) Mrs. Draper.

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

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

13. Which county do the Potters live in?
(a) Rockland County.
(b) Genesee County.
(c) Clarion County.
(d) Saratoga County.

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

15. What does Grandpa Izzy say Margy is?
(a) Zaftig.
(b) Smart.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Schmalzy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic of the workshop Dr. Rohmer completed?

2. What is Mrs. Olinski's middle name?

3. What is The Farm?

4. What problem does Noah see with Nadia having Ginger audition for the part of Sandy?

5. Julian shows his friends a tiny sculpture of _________.

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