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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. How does Mrs. Olinski feel about Julian when he disappears before the play?

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

3. What is one of Mr. Singh's "specialties"?

4. What does the narrator say the trophy was?

5. What does Julian do in the car on the way home from the state championship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what The Souls do after their win to show their support and unity with Mrs. Olinski.

2. Explain what happens on the issue of Julian's answer of "tip" to the acronym question in the end.

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

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

5. In chapter 5, the reader finds out how Mrs. Olinski chose each of the members of her Academic Bowl team. Explain how she did it.

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

7. Describe the thoughts Mrs. Olinski has while watching Noah, Nadia, Ethan and Julian drink tea together at Sillington House.

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

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

10. Describe the relationship between Epiphany and Knightsbridge in chapter 7.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the main characters from "The View from Saturday" and explain how that character has been on a journey, and what that character found on their journey.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how The Souls become friends and describe what their friendship is like. Then choose one of the characters from the group and explain what the friendship means to that member in particular.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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