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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 does Eliza tell the smart girls it felt like winning the spelling bee contest?
(a) Like falling in love.
(b) Like floating on air.
(c) Like speaking to God.
(d) Like being famous.

2. What film's theme tune is Eliza unable to keep out of her head during the spelling contest?
(a) Star Trek.
(b) Star Wars.
(c) Indiana Jones.
(d) Superman.

3. Why does Miriam sew special pockets into her clothes?
(a) To hide things from Saul.
(b) To help her steal.
(c) To help her hide money.
(d) To keep her many legal documents.

4. What does Eliza start sleeping with under her pillow?
(a) A torah.
(b) A knife.
(c) A word list.
(d) A baseball bar.

5. What does Tikkan Olam mean?
(a) The beauty of the sun.
(b) The fixing of the world.
(c) The lost pieces of the lost world.
(d) The unfixing of earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Eliza have to spell in round seven of the spelling contest?

2. What word is full of possibility?

3. What does Saul start collecting in celebration of his daughter's spelling Bee victory?

4. What is Miriam Naumann in human form?

5. In which of the following subjects does Eliza achieve an A?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Saul discover Judaism?

2. What does Eliza feel about the picture of her family in the newspaper?

3. Why does Miriam decide against stealing from the second house in this section?

4. Describe Saul's visit with Mariam at the hospital?

5. Describe Aaron's first experience at a Catholic Church.

6. In what does Aaron show how much Hare Krishna has effected him in this section?

7. Why is the kaleidoscope so important to Miriam?

8. How does Miriam hurt her head?

9. Describe Saul's relationship with his children at the beginning of this book?

10. What was the first lie that Aaron ever told his father?

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