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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mr. Singh do for a living before buying the Sillington place?
(a) He was a teacher.
(b) He was a ship's captain.
(c) He was a chef.
(d) He was a policeman.

2. What color is Nadia's hair?
(a) Brown.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Auburn.

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

4. What does the narrator say the chicken-and-egg discussion ended with?
(a) A chicken.
(b) An egg.
(c) A fight.
(d) A party.

5. 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.

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

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

8. Julian shows his friends a tiny sculpture of _________.
(a) A bird.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A lion.

9. Why does Noah say he can't write a B&B letter to his grandparents?
(a) He doesn't have time.
(b) He doesn't think they deserve one.
(c) He doesn't know what a B&B letter is.
(d) He doesn't have any paper.

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

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

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

13. What does Mrs. Olinski say about her fourth choice for the Academic Bowl team?
(a) The first three members suggested the fourth.
(b) She has known all along who it is going to be.
(c) The idea comes to her in a dream.
(d) It has been giving her problems.

14. What season does Mrs. Olinski feel she should prefer?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

15. What do the girls from the Maxwell team display?
(a) Their arrogance.
(b) Their red lipstick.
(c) Their lacy bra straps.
(d) Their clear superiority.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nadia say Ginger doesn't do?

2. Whom does Mrs. Olinski tell when she decides that Ethan should be part of the Academic Bowl team?

3. Whom does Izzy say the red wagon is a gift from?

4. What answer does Mrs. Olinski give most often about how she chose her team?

5. What does the commissioner pull out of his front pocket before reading the first question?

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