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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 does Ethan want to be when he grows up?
2. Whom does Izzy say the red wagon is a gift from?
3. What does Mrs. Draper never call herself?
4. What is Mrs. Olinski wearing at the Bowl?
5. Who is Dr. Rohmer?
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. What does Mrs. Olinski say about how she chose the members of her Academic Bowl team?
3. 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?
4. What do we know about Nadia from chapter 2?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. What is Nadia's relationship with her old friends like in "Nadia Tells of Turtle Love"? How does Nadia explain this relationship?
8. What does Noah tell the reader about Allen Diamondstein?
9. Describe the relationship between Mrs. Olinski and Mrs. Draper.
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain what Noah gives as a surprise present to the guests at Izzy and Margy's wedding and what this tells the reader about Noah.
Essay Topic 2
Describe Dr. Rohmer and explain what he has to do with the novel's theme of power.
Essay Topic 3
Name some of the "underdogs" in the story, explain how they are underdogs and describe why it's important for the underdogs to win.
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