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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 is the name of the place where Noah's grandparents live?
2. Why does the commissioner admonish the audience not to applaud after Ethan's answer?
3. What was Nadia's bubbe's name?
4. What does Ethan say about his brother Luke?
5. How does Ethan find out that Nadia is also invited to the tea party?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe how the wedding cake is ruined and how it is saved again.
2. 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?
3. What is Ham Knapp planning that Julian finds out about on the bus?
4. What does Noah tell the reader about Allen Diamondstein?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. Explain in detail how Nadia feels about Margy and why.
8. Explain how Noah and Tillie cut costs on the groceries for the wedding.
9. What is the first question posed during the finals, and how does Mrs. Olinski react after she hears the question?
10. What do we know about Nadia from chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe how E.L. Konigsburg uses foreshadowing and flashbacks and the effect this technique has on the reader's emotion and what the reader knows. Be sure to use specific details from the story!
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
Describe Dr. Rohmer and explain what he has to do with the novel's theme of power.
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