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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. Who organized the first women's rights convention?

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

3. How does Julian feel about Nadia's bickering with Noah?

4. Who owns the dog that ends up as Ginger's understudy?

5. Which of the following places is not mentioned in the Academic Bowl question in chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ham Knapp planning that Julian finds out about on the bus?

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

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

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

5. What does Mrs. Draper notice about sixth graders in her time as a teacher and principal?

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

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

8. What angers Nadia in her conversation with Ethan, and why?

9. 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?

10. Describe how Ethan feels about Julian when the two first meet.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the narrative style of "The View from Saturday" and explain how this narrative style affects the reader's experience of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Explain what the four main types of plot conflicts are and give an example of one plot conflict from the book, explaining why the situation you chose is a plot conflict and which category it belongs to.

Essay Topic 3

Using specific examples, explain how mistakes and perfectionism are recurring themes throughout the book.

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