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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. Which name did Mrs. Olinski have two of in her class the year she had her accident?
(a) Jason.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) Jessica.

2. What is the kind of audition called that Nadia takes Ginger to?
(a) A cattle call.
(b) A doggie audition.
(c) An animal call.
(d) An open audition.

3. What does Nadia say had been the worst part of her trip to Florida?
(a) Taking off in the plane.
(b) Landing in the plane.
(c) Meeting up with her dad at the airport.
(d) Checking Ginger in to the baggage compartment.

4. What answer does Mrs. Olinski give most often about how she chose her team?
(a) They are her favorite students.
(b) She picked students she knows are smarter than others.
(c) The four members have skills that balance each other.
(d) She picked students she knows work harder than others.

5. Who is Dr. Rohmer?
(a) The commissioner of education.
(b) Mrs. Olinski's brother.
(c) Nadia's father.
(d) The district superintendent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ethan give Julian as a gift?

2. Why does the commissioner admonish the audience not to applaud after Ethan's answer?

3. What season does Mrs. Olinski feel she should prefer?

4. What does the narrator compare Nadia to when first introducing her in chapter 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the discussion Mrs. Olinski has with Dr. Rohmer about multiculturalism in chapter 2.

2. What does the reader find out about Mrs. Olinski's first few minutes in class that he or she didn't know before the beginning of chapter 4?

3. Describe the relationship between Mrs. Olinski and Mrs. Draper.

4. What chicken-and-egg discussion do The Souls get into with Mrs. Olinski in the first chapter?

5. What is Mrs. Olinski's impression of the commissioner of education as he directs the Academic Bowl?

6. Describe what school was like at the school where Mrs. Draper was principal.

7. What are Julian's first few days at school like?

8. How does Noah react to his mom telling him to write a B&B letter? How does she get him to write the letter anyway?

9. Describe the differences between The Souls and the team from Maxwell.

10. What happens that reminds Mrs. Olinski of how she chose the fourth member of her Academic Bowl team, and what can the reader now infer from her statements about this choice?

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