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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is The Farm?
(a) A house.
(b) A farm.
(c) A housing development.
(d) A grocery store.

4. What does Julian say his mother was?
(a) A musician.
(b) A chanteuse.
(c) Pakistani.
(d) Retired.

5. 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 challah.
(c) Homemade teiglach.
(d) Homemade ingberlach.

6. Why doesn't Margy ever carry turtles to the water?
(a) She thinks that they need to make it on their own or die if they're not strong enough.
(b) She doesn't like the feeling of their shells in her hands.
(c) The turtles need to walk across their native sand.
(d) She thinks it's too much work.

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

8. What word does Noah use over and over in his narrative about his trip to his grandparents' house?
(a) "Because."
(b) "Mistake."
(c) "Fact."
(d) "Clubhouse."

9. What does Mrs. Olinski say she gets when introducing herself to her homeroom class for the first time?
(a) A small pension from her accident.
(b) A lot of grief for being handicapped.
(c) What it means to be different.
(d) The good parking spaces at the mall.

10. What holiday has just passed when Ethan suggests that Nadia have Ginger try out for Annie?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) New Year's.

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

12. What is the topic of the workshop Dr. Rohmer completed?
(a) Gifted children.
(b) Multiculturalism.
(c) Educational excellence.
(d) Collaborative learning.

13. Who organized the first women's rights convention?
(a) Susan B. Anthony.
(b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(c) Amelia Jenks Bloomer.
(d) Harriet Tubman.

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

15. What word does Mrs. Olinski write on the board below her name on the first day of homeroom?
(a) Cripple.
(b) Paraplegic.
(c) Boss.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Mrs. Olinski wearing at the Bowl?

3. What word does Noah look up after Izzy's comment about his divorce and his father's marriage?

4. Which county do the Potters live in?

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

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