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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. Where does Oly work as an adult?
(a) At a doctor's office.
(b) She is unemployed.
(c) At a radio station.
(d) For the Binewski circus.

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

3. Who cleans the Chute?
(a) The Binewski sons.
(b) Crystal Lil.
(c) The Binewski daughters.
(d) Miss Lick.

4. What is Oly's birth defect?
(a) She is an albino hunchback.
(b) She is a Siamese twin.
(c) She has no birth defect.
(d) She has flippers instead of hands and feet.

5. What does Oly keep in the chest hidden in her apartment?
(a) Memorabilia from her first love.
(b) Memorabilia from the circus.
(c) Memorabilia from Miranda's childhood.
(d) Memorabilia from her own childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Binewski family children interact with the children of the town?

2. What is the name of the new religion introduced in the middle of the novel?

3. Why do the children have to go to the hospital?

4. Who is Miranda?

5. What does Alma have removed from her body?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Arty begin drawing larger crowds to his shows?

3. Describe the invention that Zephr McGurk brings to Arty.

4. What happens when Al takes Chick into town?

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

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

7. How does the family realize that Chick has special powers?

8. Describe Olympia's appearance.

9. What happens when Oly visits Miranda at work?

10. What happens when Arty asks Chick to make him a roast beef sandwich?

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