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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 book does Mrs. Olinski think of while watching the superintendent and the commissioner?

2. What does Ethan say about his brother Luke?

3. What does Noah say is enough when Julian suggests The Souls need a project?

4. What does Mrs. Olinski say she gets when introducing herself to her homeroom class for the first time?

5. What is Mrs. Olinski wearing at the Bowl?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Julian's first few days at school like?

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

3. How does Julian invite his guests to the first tea party?

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

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

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

7. What question does Ethan ask during The Souls' latest tea party, and what does each member answer?

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

9. Explain how Mrs. Olinski goes about gaining an impression of Ethan.

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Explain what Nadia tells her father that the turtles do between the time they hatch and the time they mate. Then, describe how Nadia herself is like the turtles.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the topic of courtesy repeats itself throughout the novel and how the idea of courtesy helps the reader to see each of the characters.

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