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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter Two, Mohan describes the United States presidency as which object?
(a) A pillow.
(b) A platform.
(c) A flower.
(d) A cage.

2. Lizzie finds out in Chapter One that she has osteoarthritis in which part of her body?
(a) Her wrist.
(b) Her knee.
(c) Her thumb.
(d) Her finger.

3. Lizzie states that it is harder for her to travel far from home during which season?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

4. What products does Ben create at work?
(a) Documentaries.
(b) Microchips.
(c) Instruction manuals.
(d) Video games.

5. Lizzie cites a study asserting that how many of the world's richest billionaires own as many assets as half of humanity?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 30.

6. What term does Lizzie use to describe Henry's drug of choice prior to getting sober?
(a) Oxycontin.
(b) Pills.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Powders.

7. When Lizzie gives an example of Sylvia's former optimism, she discusses a time when someone asked her a question about what element?
(a) Shame.
(b) Applause.
(c) Dismay.
(d) Gag reflex.

8. Lizzie reports that Eli's elementary school is made up of ten percent white children. What term does she use to describe most of the rest of the students there?
(a) African.
(b) South Asian.
(c) South American.
(d) Mexican.

9. Ben's hometown is the town of Hackensack in which state?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Maine.
(d) New Jersey.

10. Lizzie works in which part of the university where she went to school?
(a) The gymnasium.
(b) The dining hall.
(c) The bookstore.
(d) The library.

11. The townspeople featured in the epigraph of Weather: A Novel declare themselves to be what entities?
(a) Saints.
(b) Angels.
(c) Demons.
(d) Tycoons.

12. What was Catherine's drug of choice before she got sober?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Adderall.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Methamphetamine.

13. Lizzie notices that spikes have been installed at the top of the the playground fence to keep out what creatures?
(a) Rats.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Seagulls.
(d) Sparrows.

14. Chapter One takes place in which month?
(a) March.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) May.

15. Lizzie reports that her "crankiest" (19) patrons are which people?
(a) Guest speakers.
(b) Professors.
(c) Parents.
(d) Students.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an action Ben takes on Lizzie's birthday?

2. Sylvia likes to look at things that are taking what action "faster than expected" (96)?

3. Which character does Lizzie's mother warn not to watch too much political news that may be upsetting?

4. When Lizzie invokes a saying usually applied to the Holocaust, what creature does she use to direct the quote's focus toward humans' destruction of the planet?

5. Lizzie officially meets Amira's mother Na'ila in which location?

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