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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What source(s) does the advisory panel consult when checking Julian's answer?
(a) A computer and large books.
(b) A computer.
(c) Large books.
(d) An expert and a computer.

2. What does Mrs. Olinski ask The Souls in chapter 12?
(a) "How did you know about Alice?"
(b) "Did I choose you, or did you choose each other?"
(c) "Did I choose you, or did you choose me?"
(d) "What brought you all together?"

3. When did Mr. Singh pass his first driving test?
(a) As an older man.
(b) As a child.
(c) As a grown man.
(d) As a teenager.

4. What word does Mrs. Olinski compare Mrs. Diamondstein's jogging suit to?
(a) Taint.
(b) Ain't.
(c) Quaint.
(d) Saint.

5. Who ended up being the "real news" from Holly Blackwell's visit?
(a) Mrs. Olinski.
(b) Dr. Rohmer.
(c) Dr. Fairbain.
(d) Mr. LeDue.

6. What answer do The Souls shout out before Mrs. Olinski is finished asking the question about Martin Luther?
(a) "The Reformation."
(b) "The Catholic Church."
(c) "The Ninety-five Theses."
(d) "The Bible."

7. What two countries does Julian explain are connected with the origin of the word "posh"?
(a) Britain and the United States.
(b) Britain and Pakistan.
(c) India and the United States.
(d) Britain and India.

8. What does Mrs. Olinski do after returning home from the state championship?
(a) She looks at her copies of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass."
(b) She looks at her pictures form the Academic Bowl.
(c) She makes herself a cup of tea.
(d) She writes in her diary.

9. Which of the following characters do not attend when Holly Blackwell comes to visit?
(a) Dr. Fairbain.
(b) Mrs. Olinski.
(c) Mr. LeDue.
(d) Dr. Rohmer.

10. Why does Mrs. Sharkey say she thinks there's a chance The Souls could beat the seventh grade?
(a) The Souls are truly brilliant.
(b) The seventh grade is mediocre at best.
(c) Mrs. Olinski has trained The Souls so well.
(d) The seventh grade doesn't like to work hard.

11. What arrangement does Mrs. Olinski make with the principal in regards to practicing for the regional championship?
(a) She arranges to have the school opened early in the morning.
(b) She arranges to have the school opened on Saturday.
(c) She arranges to have the school opened on Sunday.
(d) She arranges to have the school left open at night.

12. How does Mrs. Olinski drink her tea?
(a) No cream and no sugar.
(b) With cream and sugar.
(c) No cream but with sugar.
(d) With cream and no sugar.

13. What does Mrs. Olinski tell the principal one must risk when defending her way of choosing her team?
(a) Doing what's unpopular.
(b) Making people angry.
(c) Making a fool of oneself.
(d) Hurting peoples' feelings.

14. What does the commissioner take away from Julian at the beginning of chapter 9?
(a) His microphone.
(b) His place in the next Academic Bowl.
(c) The two points he'd earned for the word "posh".
(d) His nametag.

15. Whose name did Mr. Fairbain mispronounce during the previous year's championship?
(a) Nelson Mandela's.
(b) Pope John Paul II's.
(c) Michael Jackson's.
(d) Queen Elizabeth's.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the deadline for choosing an Academic Bowl team?

2. How many regions are there in the state of New York?

3. How can Mrs. Diamonstein tell Ethan has grown when she sees him?

4. What does Bella Dubinsky's T-shirt design for The Souls feature?

5. How does Mrs. Olinski say her team seems to communicate?

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