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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. According to Lillian in Chapter Nine, the country doctor looks like what pop culture figure?
(a) Colonel Sanders.
(b) Orville Redenbacher.
(c) Willy Wonka.
(d) Ronald McDonald.

2. What does Bessie want to learn, as explained in Chapter Six?
(a) To play piano.
(b) French.
(c) Math.
(d) Self-defense.

3. According to the country doctor in Chapter Nine, which state might be responsible for the fire?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Catabolism.
(c) Anabolism.
(d) Ketosis.

4. Who carries Timothy away from the press conference in Chapter Ten?
(a) The secret service.
(b) Jasper.
(c) Madison.
(d) Carl.

5. What did the twins do immediately following the death of their mother, as revealed in Chapter Six?
(a) Ran away.
(b) Burned down their home.
(c) Went outside and burst into flames.
(d) Called the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the fire represent to Bessie, as revealed in Chapter Nine?

2. According to the country doctor in Chapter Nine, what should the twins avoid?

3. What does Madison want Lillian to learn about the twins, as explained in Chapter Six?

4. When Bessie wants to visit the estate in Chapter Nine, what does Lillian make the twins do first?

5. What news does Carl tell Lillian and the twins in Chapter Six?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Madison feel about Jasper's promotion, as she explains in Chapter Nine? Why?

2. What causes the twins to burst into flames in Chapter Six?

3. To what activities does Lillian introduce the twins in Chapter Six?

4. What projects does Lillian plan for the children in Chapter Eight?

5. What happens at the library in Chapter Eight?

6. What metabolic state does Dr. Cannon hypothesize is behind the twins' fire? What does he recommend?

7. What disagreement happens during the family dinner in Chapter Eight?

8. What is Dr. Cannon's second hypothesis about the cause of the twins' fire? How does Lillian respond?

9. Why does Carl tell Lillian in Chapter Six? What does she do?

10. What does Lillian teach the children at the start of Chapter Seven? What is the result?

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