View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The building housing the Bowl is big enough for what?
(a) Big enough to be seen from space.
(b) Big enough to have its own zip code.
(c) Big enough to hold three Bowls at once.
(d) Big enough to get lost in.

2. What answer does Mrs. Olinski give most often about how she chose her team?
(a) The four members have skills that balance each other.
(b) They are her favorite students.
(c) She picked students she knows are smarter than others.
(d) She picked students she knows work harder than others.

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

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

5. Why does the ship's captain decide to have the monkey and his owner let off the ship at the next port?
(a) The owner is too stinky.
(b) The monkey is too stinky.
(c) The monkey turns out to be a thief.
(d) The owner turns out to be a thief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ethan give Julian as a gift?

2. How many lines of poetry did the sixth graders have to memorize each month at Mrs. Olinski's first job?

3. What is Mrs. Olinski's middle name?

4. What do the girls from the Maxwell team display?

5. Why doesn't Margy ever carry turtles to the water?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Ethan feels about Julian when the two first meet.

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

4. What does Julian decide to do when he finds out that Arnold will be acting during the performance instead of Ginger, and how does he get even with Ham in the end?

5. 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?

6. What does Mrs. Draper notice about sixth graders in her time as a teacher and principal?

7. Describe what school was like at the school where Mrs. Draper was principal.

8. What does Noah tell the reader about Allen Diamondstein?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,398 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample