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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 lived next door to Zippy with a dog named Lucky?

2. Why, according to the author, is there so little information about Mooreland during the 60s and 70s?

3. What color was Kia's mother?

4. What was the name of Zippy's rooster?

5. How much did Zippy have in her bank when she opened it to get money to vote for her sister as Fair Queen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did it mean for Zippy to attend Julie's grandfather's funeral?

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

3. How did Zippy view the story about how Julie's parents met, married, and lost their daughter Connie?

4. What were the expectations about Zippy training Speckles, the chicken?

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

6. What was the only reason Melinda thought anyone would ever read a book about Mooreland, Indiana?

7. How, as a baby, did Zippy take a nap? What does this story indicate to the reader?

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

9. How did Zippy get her name? Why did the nickname stick?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although the author indicates that Mooreland was not connected to the outside world, what happened in this town that linked it with other towns across the country and gives the reader a sense of the year?

Essay Topic 2

What did Zippy think of going to church on Sunday? How did she stall before church? What were some of her tricks? Was Zippy's opinion of church influenced by her father? How? How did her opinion change after he took her to "his" church?

Essay Topic 3

When did Zippy's mother show her independence? Do you think she returned to college? What do you think happened after Zippy's mother left that day on her bike? How do you think it changed the relationship between the mother and father?

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