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

2. How many empty egg shells were in the nest Izzy and Margy dug out?
(a) 54.
(b) 96.
(c) 26.
(d) 2.

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

4. Whom does Izzy say the red wagon is a gift from?
(a) The best man.
(b) Grandpa Nate.
(c) Allen.
(d) Noah.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Margy ever carry turtles to the water?

2. Why does the ship's captain decide to have the monkey and his owner let off the ship at the next port?

3. Who organized the first women's rights convention?

4. What was Nadia's bubbe's name?

5. How many lines of poetry did the sixth graders have to memorize each month at Mrs. Olinski's first job?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Mrs. Olinski goes about gaining an impression of Ethan.

2. Explain the realization Nadia and her dad have about how Nadia is like the turtles.

3. What is the first question posed during the finals, and how does Mrs. Olinski react after she hears the question?

4. What does Julian decide to do when he finds out that Arnold will be acting during the performance instead of Ginger, and how does he get even with Ham in the end?

5. What question does Ethan ask during The Souls' latest tea party, and what does each member answer?

6. Explain in detail how Nadia feels about Margy and why.

7. Why is Julian worried about Ginger's understudy?

8. What angers Nadia in her conversation with Ethan, and why?

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

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

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