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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What color is Nadia's hair?
2. What is Mrs. Olinski's middle name?
3. How many lines of poetry did the sixth graders have to memorize each month at Mrs. Olinski's first job?
4. What was the audience at the Bowl warned not to do?
5. What word does Mrs. Olinski write on the board below her name on the first day of homeroom?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What does the reader find out about Mrs. Olinski's first few minutes in class that he or she didn't know before the beginning of chapter 4?
3. 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?
4. What question does Ethan ask during The Souls' latest tea party, and what does each member answer?
5. What do we know about Nadia from chapter 2?
6. Explain how Mrs. Olinski goes about gaining an impression of Ethan.
7. Explain in detail how Nadia feels about Margy and why.
8. Describe the differences between The Souls and the team from Maxwell.
9. What is Ham Knapp planning that Julian finds out about on the bus?
10. Why is Julian worried about Ginger's understudy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe what Mrs. Olinski decides to do in order to get to know Ethan better, and explain why this is important to Ethan and how it relates to Ethan's character.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the mood at Sillington House and, using specific situations and events from the book, describe why Sillington House is important as a place of setting.
Essay Topic 3
The relationship that Mrs. Olinski has to The Souls is a two-way relationship. Explain why this is true by describing how the relationship has helped both The Souls and Mrs. Olinski. Finally, explain what The Souls' desire to help says about the character of each of the members.
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