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

2. What does Mrs. Draper have to say about Ethan?
(a) What a smart kid he is.
(b) Not much.
(c) She doesn't know Ethan very well.
(d) What a hard worker he is.

3. When does Ethan ring in after the question about the places in New York State is asked?
(a) Before the commissioner is finished asking the question.
(b) After a brief moment to think.
(c) Last of all the contestants.
(d) At the sound of the last syllable.

4. What does Nadia think of Margy?
(a) She thinks she's beautiful.
(b) She thinks she's smart.
(c) She doesn't like her much.
(d) She doesn't understand what her grandpa likes about her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nadia say had been the worst part of her trip to Florida?

2. What does Nadia compare Margy to when she wears her green pantsuit?

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

4. What problem does Noah see with Nadia having Ginger audition for the part of Sandy?

5. What is remarkable about The Souls making it to the finals?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why is Julian worried about Ginger's understudy?

3. Why does Mrs. Olinski leave her name and the word "paraplegic" written on the board on the first day, and what does she learn from this experience?

4. What do we know about Nadia from chapter 2?

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

6. What do The Souls decide their new project will be?

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

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

9. Explain in detail how Nadia feels about Margy and why.

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

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