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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. How many days have Portico and Zola known each other at the beginning of the book?

2. Where does Mr. Mister stand daily typing and retying his shoes?

3. What happens when Portico is bumped when he is doing a walking handstand?

4. What was Portico's mother called when she was a girl?

5. When Portico uses the zamarama zigzag, whose attention is he trying to divert?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Stuntboy and why has no one ever heard of him?

2. What instructions does the narrator provide on "How to be a Good Castlemate" (64)?

3. How did Portico protect Zola on the first day of school when she was new to Skylight Gardens?

4. What are the frets?

5. How does Portico save Mr. Chico in the stairwell?

6. How does Portico meet Herbert?

7. Why does Mama Gloria's apartment always stink?

8. Where did Portico's parents get a coffee table, and how has it been used?

9. Who is Frisbee Foster, and how did she get her nickname?

10. How did Herbert come to live at Skylight Gardens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Portico and Zola have active imaginations. How do they use their imaginations to understand their realities and sometimes escape them?

Essay Topic 2

Herbert Singletary is referred to as a supervillain. Why is Herbert referred to as a supervillain? Could he also be called a bully?

Essay Topic 3

Zola and Portico become friends. When do Zola and Portico become friends? How do they take care of one another? What type of friendship do they have?

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