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

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) How to make Ginger jump on cue.
(c) How to make Ginger bark on cue.
(d) Never to give Ginger a treat before she earns it.

3. What does Allen break that prevents him from being the best man at the wedding?
(a) His neck.
(b) His arm.
(c) His foot.
(d) His finger.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say there had not been at the Bowl, unlike football Bowls?

2. When does Ethan ring in after the question about the places in New York State is asked?

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

4. What word do the onlookers keep saying while Izzy and Margy are digging out the turtles' nest?

5. What does the narrator say Mrs. Olinski knows about Nadia?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the differences between The Souls and the team from Maxwell.

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

4. How does Noah react to his mom telling him to write a B&B letter? How does she get him to write the letter anyway?

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

6. What does the reader find out about Mrs. Olinski at the end of her discussion with Dr. Rohmer, and how does the author continue the mystery about this fact?

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

8. 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?

9. What does Julian do to help Ginger prepare for her audition? Give a detailed answer.

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

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