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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. What did sixth graders use to ask, according to the narrator?

2. What word does Noah use over and over in his narrative about his trip to his grandparents' house?

3. What show does Allen take Nadia and Ethan to see?

4. What is the topic of the workshop Dr. Rohmer completed?

5. What does Julian say his mother was?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do we know about Nadia from chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Noah tell the reader about Allen Diamondstein?

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

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

10. What does Mrs. Olinski say about how she chose the members of her Academic Bowl team?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what Julian finds out about Ham just before Ginger plays Sandy at the first performance of Annie, what he decides to do about it, and what this says about Julian's character.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the narrative style of "The View from Saturday" and explain how this narrative style affects the reader's experience of the story.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the question Mrs. Olinski asks The Souls at the end of the book and how it relates to the topics of friendship and journeys.

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