Setting in a Girl Named Zippy

Where is the narrator from in A Girl Named Zippy?

• Mooreland, Indianna

• Philadelphia, Pa

• Rio Rancho, NM

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What is a sociologist?

• a crazy person

• someone who trains animals

• people who study cultures and societies

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Why does the author of A Girl Named Zippy detail the population changes in Mooreland from 1940 to 1980?

• to show that the population hasn’t changed

• to show how the population compares to Muncie

• to show the huge population decrease

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Which is the most specific setting from the story A Girl Named Zippy?

• United States

• Indiana

• Mooreland

• Broad Street

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How does the prologue of A Girl Named Zippy help the story?

• It tells the reader what is going to happen next in the story.

• It explains why something happened the way it did.

• It gives details about when and where the story takes place.

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Read the excerpt from A Girl Named Zippy.

There was one main street, Broad Street, which was actually not so broad, and was the site of the town’s only four-way stop sign. There were three churches: the North Christian Church and the South Christian Church, which sat on opposite ends of Broad Street like sentinels, and the Mooreland Friends Church, which was kind of in the middle of town, but tucked back on Jefferson Street at the edge of a meadow. There were . . . no theaters, no department stores. What is the purpose of this excerpt?

• to show how many churches were in town

• to detail where the stop sign was located

• to show the activities the characters enjoyed

• to provide details about the story’s setting

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Which of the following provided a clue about the timeframe of A Girl Named Zippy?

• Everyone familiar with my childhood in Mooreland agreed with Melinda’s position.

• We tried a variety of hairstyles in those early years.

• I decided to go play rodeo on my bicycle with the purple banana seat and the sissy bars.

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What best explains the reason why the author of A Girl Named Zippy tells the year that she was born?

• so the reader knows how old she is today

• so the reader knows how old she is in the story

• to give the reader a sense of when the story takes place

• to give the reader a sense of why the story takes place

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Read the excerpt from A Girl Named Zippy.

Without ceremony, she gave me the slippers. They were made of the most fabulous, long, fake fur, and when worn, made the human foot look like a pink, oval biscuit. The fur kind of sprouted up off the top of the slippers and hung down to the floor. They made a delicious little snicking sound as I walked, too. I remember no house slippers before or after this pair. Why does the author include the detail about her slippers?

• They were of little importance to her.

• Her sister never gave her another gift.

• She didn’t really like the house slippers.

• They were a vivid memory from her childhood.

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Why does the author of A Girl Named Zippy spend considerable time describing her hair?

• She believes that how she looks is important to the story.

• She is trying to figure out how to fix her hair properly.

• She wants to show how difficult it is to have unruly hair.

• She wants to show an important part of her childhood identity.

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