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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the town drugstore owner wear?
(a) Cardigan sweaters.
(b) Striped overalls.
(c) Bowties and suspenders.
(d) Suits.

2. What was Ruth Huff's collie's name?
(a) Tia.
(b) Queeny.
(c) King.
(d) Lassie.

3. Who did Zippy's dad say was Melinda's real dad?
(a) Timmy's dad.
(b) Doc Holiday.
(c) Slim Jenkins.
(d) Dave Newman.

4. What divided the kitchen from the den in Zippy's house?
(a) The breakfast bar.
(b) The study.
(c) The living room.
(d) The formal dining room.

5. What did the Driftwood smell like to Zippy?
(a) Cats and finger nail polish remover.
(b) Fried foods -- especially fish.
(c) Mold, Tile Cleaner, Mr. Clean.
(d) Basic truck, Old Spice, Lucky Strikes and gasoline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Petey Scroggs known for?

2. What was the name of the horse that Zippy's dad kept in the shed?

3. When Daniel could not get into the bathroom one morning before school because Melinda was in there, what did he do?

4. What was Zippy asked to do for Andy's family when they went on vacation?

5. What did Zippy tell Julie that her neighbor Edythe ate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Zippy's neighbor Reed threaten to kill her dogs?

2. What does Zippy's mother tell her about the green bag that she traded with the gypsies?

3. Why was it important to Zippy that her sister win the Fair Queen in 1972?

4. How did the population of Mooreland, Indiana, stay at about three hundred?

5. By throwing the runt piglet on the pile of dead carcasses, what did Julie show Zippy that she knew?

6. How did Zippy's dad's react to the teacher's comment that she colored outside the lines? Why do you think he reacted that way?

7. Explain the cure for the illness Zippy had as a child. How does this information put the story in context for the year it occurred?

8. What deal did Zippy and her dad reach about the pink Bible?

9. When Zippy asked her sister about the child with disabilities, how did her sister handle it? How did this show maturity in her sister?

10. What was Daniel's reaction when he broke the bathroom door and saw Melinda sitting on the edge of the tub fully dressed?

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