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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Julian do to get his friends to help him save Ginger?
(a) He passes them a secret note.
(b) He tells them Ginger is in danger.
(c) He tells them Nadia is in danger.
(d) He passes them a Year-of-the-Souls penny.

2. Who organized the first women's rights convention?
(a) Susan B. Anthony.
(b) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(c) Harriet Tubman.
(d) Amelia Jenks Bloomer.

3. What was Nadia's bubbe's name?
(a) Ayla.
(b) Elfie.
(c) Maude.
(d) Frieda.

4. What word does Noah use over and over in his narrative about his trip to his grandparents' house?
(a) "Mistake."
(b) "Fact."
(c) "Clubhouse."
(d) "Because."

5. What does Mrs. Olinski say "paraplegic" means?
(a) She can't stand up.
(b) She can't write above the middle of the board.
(c) She's paralyzed from the neck down.
(d) She's paralyzed from the waist down.

6. What game does Noah compare collecting coupons for the groceries to?
(a) Rummy.
(b) Go Fish.
(c) Musical Chairs.
(d) Monopoly.

7. What does Mrs. Olinski realize when she sees that the message on the board has been changed?
(a) Her job is going to be harder than she thought.
(b) She shouldn't be teaching.
(c) Sixth graders have changed.
(d) Her students will never respect her.

8. Why does the ship's captain decide to have the monkey and his owner let off the ship at the next port?
(a) The owner turns out to be a thief.
(b) The monkey is too stinky.
(c) The owner is too stinky.
(d) The monkey turns out to be a thief.

9. What is the name of the monkey that accompanies Julian and his family aboard the ship?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Sapphire.
(c) Pearl.
(d) Emerald.

10. When does Ethan ring in after the question about the places in New York State is asked?
(a) Last of all the contestants.
(b) After a brief moment to think.
(c) Before the commissioner is finished asking the question.
(d) At the sound of the last syllable.

11. The building housing the Bowl is big enough for what?
(a) Big enough to have its own zip code.
(b) Big enough to be seen from space.
(c) Big enough to get lost in.
(d) Big enough to hold three Bowls at once.

12. Why doesn't Margy ever carry turtles to the water?
(a) She thinks it's too much work.
(b) She thinks that they need to make it on their own or die if they're not strong enough.
(c) She doesn't like the feeling of their shells in her hands.
(d) The turtles need to walk across their native sand.

13. Who was the principal at the first school where Mrs. Olinski taught?
(a) Mrs. Potter.
(b) Mrs. Draper.
(c) Dr. Rohmer.
(d) Mrs. Gershom.

14. What does Mrs. Olinski know about Ethan before she met him?
(a) That he is tough.
(b) That he is smart.
(c) That he is Mrs. Draper's grandson.
(d) That he is independent.

15. What did Mrs. Singh do for a living before she died?
(a) She sold real estate.
(b) She was a writer.
(c) She was a singer.
(d) She was a teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Noah look up after Izzy's comment about his divorce and his father's marriage?

2. The second Academic Bowl question, posed in chapter 2, revolves around what?

3. What color is Nadia's hair?

4. What does Mrs. Olinski say about her fourth choice for the Academic Bowl team?

5. What does Mrs. Olinski say she gets when introducing herself to her homeroom class for the first time?

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