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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ethan say is the difference between Ginger and Sandy?
(a) Ginger doesn't stink.
(b) Ginger's eyes aren't blank.
(c) Ginger is a genius.
(d) Ginger's fur isn't dirty.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 3, how many of the places in the Academic Bowl question are the contestants required to give an answer about?

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

3. Why does Noah say he can't write a B&B letter to his grandparents?

4. Why does Noah get sent to visit his grandparents?

5. What does Ethan give Julian as a gift?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Mrs. Olinski goes about gaining an impression of Ethan.

2. What are Julian's first few days at school like?

3. What chicken-and-egg discussion do The Souls get into with Mrs. Olinski in the first chapter?

4. Explain the discussion Mrs. Olinski has with Dr. Rohmer about multiculturalism in chapter 2.

5. What is Mrs. Olinski's impression of the commissioner of education as he directs the Academic Bowl?

6. How does Julian invite his guests to the first tea party?

7. What question does Ethan ask during The Souls' latest tea party, and what does each member answer?

8. Describe how the wedding cake is ruined and how it is saved again.

9. What happens that reminds Mrs. Olinski of how she chose the fourth member of her Academic Bowl team, and what can the reader now infer from her statements about this choice?

10. Explain the realization Nadia and her dad have about how Nadia is like the turtles.

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