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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 arrangement does Mrs. Olinski make with the principal in regards to practicing for the regional championship?
(a) She arranges to have the school left open at night.
(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 opened early in the morning.

2. Whom does Mr. Fairbain want to get help from?
(a) A psychologist.
(b) An English teacher.
(c) A speech therapist.
(d) A reading teacher.

3. Why does Dr. Rohmer say he won't pay for the gas and the bus drivers at the end of chapter 10?
(a) There is no precedent for charging admission to an Academic Bowl.
(b) He doesn't think Epiphany is going to win.
(c) He refuses to charge admission to the Academic Bowl.
(d) The school district doesn't have enough money.

4. Why doesn't the commissioner disqualify The Souls in chapter 7?
(a) He wants to give them one more chance.
(b) He thinks Julian is smarter than anyone else his age.
(c) He is speechless.
(d) He thinks The Souls deserve to win.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Olinski think Mr. Singh's voice sounds like?

2. Which fictional character is featured in the match-point question at the Academic Bowl?

3. What does Mr. Singh say is now missing?

4. What does Mrs. Olinski say she found at Sillington House?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the discussion The Souls have with Mrs. Olinski before they begin practicing in chapter 8 and what the outcome is.

2. When she arrives at Sillington House to visit Margy, Mrs. Olinski is overcome with emotion. Which emotions is she feeling and why?

3. How do The Souls raise the money to pay for the buses to Albany?

4. How does Mrs. Olinski outsmart Ham Knapp in chapter 6?

5. Describe how Mrs. Olinski feels about Julian in the first part of chapter 5.

6. Explain how Mrs. Olinski feels when the state championships are over and why.

7. Give examples of other teachers that observe The Souls' success and how they react to it.

8. How do Dr. Rohmer's instructions to Dr. Fairbain backfire on him in the end?

9. Explain Julian's answer to the question about acronyms that have entered the language as words.

10. Why is Dr. Rohmer so worried about the district championship?

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