View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Chick's birth defect?
(a) He is a Siamese twin.
(b) He has telekinetic powers.
(c) He has flippers instead of hands and feet.
(d) He is an albino hunchback.

2. When Oly arrives home after visiting Miranda's work, what is she worried about that prevents her from falling asleep?
(a) Miranda's safety traveling home from work.
(b) The police coming to arrest her.
(c) Her own pride.
(d) The nightmares that plague her.

3. How do the rest of the children respond to Dr. Phyllis' new position?
(a) They never find out.
(b) They are ecstatic.
(c) They dislike it.
(d) They are apathetic.

4. Miranda reveals that she has recently been approached by a woman named Miss Lick with an interesting offer to make money. What does Miranda have to do in this deal?
(a) Have her tail removed.
(b) Spy on Crystal Lil.
(c) Perform as a Geek in the circus.
(d) Research the history of the Binewski family.

5. What did Dr. Phyllis believe was implanted in her abdomen while she was in medical school?
(a) A monitoring device.
(b) A camera.
(c) A fetus.
(d) A tumor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds the Binewski children hiding in a cherry tree?

2. Who does Alma say that she desires to be like?

3. Which family member does the adult Oly live with?

4. Even though Oly spends most of her adulthood in hiding, what does she do spontaneously that seems out of character?

5. What sport does Oly take up in order to get closer to Miss Lick?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Oly feel guilty after her performance at Miranda's work?

2. What happens to the Binewski family in the parking lot of the shopping center?

3. Why is Dr. Phyllis' hiring significant in Arty's climb to power?

4. What does the article Oly finds tell us about Dr. Phyllis time in medical school?

5. Describe Arty's appearance.

6. How does Zephr McGurk change Arty's show?

7. Why does Al choose to keep the children separate from the rest of the town folk?

8. What happens between Arty and Chick when Oly sneaks off to listen to a story, leaving Chick unsupervised?

9. Why is Chick almost abandoned by the Binewski family?

10. What is the unusual offer that Miranda been approached about, and how does she react?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 822 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample