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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. What rule did Zippy's father have about cards dealt by a dad?

2. How did Zippy's parents listen to Christmas carols?

3. Who was Zippy's fourth grade teacher?

4. Who was the band teacher for Zippy in the fourth grade?

5. What happened when David Lee was wrestling and threw Zippy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Zippy's grandma tell her new daughter-in-law when she was first married?

2. How did Zippy view cleaning and parenting?

3. Why did Robert Frost's poem mean so much to Zippy?

4. Why did Zippy's mother tell Zippy she believed in God because she had to?

5. What were Zippy's thoughts about a single moment?

6. How did Polly's brother connect Mooreland to the rest of the world for the reader?

7. What happened to Zippy's grandmother's house? How was it moved? How does the fact that it is on a graveyard affect the story and image of Zippy's grandmother?

8. What did Zippy think of her father's belief in God after he took Zippy to his "church?"

9. What was Dana's life like at home?

10. Why did Zippy's mom believe that Daniel's ESP was the "blocker" type.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How did Zippy's dad prepare to go camping? How would you describe this behavior? Why do you think Zippy's dad went through this ritual? Why was this important to him?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Zippy's mom's upbringing. Do you think she had a good childhood? What do you think of the story that her mother told the class about the brain tumor? What does this do to your opinion of Zippy's mother? Do you think her childhood affected her adult life? How?

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