This Is Just a Test Quotes

“Why would I make it up?" I said. If I were going to make something up, it would be something like: studying too much for your bar mitzvah can stunt your growth, or eating only Chinese food causes premature baldness. Personally, I would like to spend less time studying Torah and more time eating pizza.”
― Madelyn Rosenberg, This Is Just a Test

“Bao Bao was a Lhasa apso. His name was pronounced like the bow in “bowwow” and it meant “treasure” in Chinese. It should have meant hairy, spoiled mop.”
― Madelyn Rosenberg, This Is Just a Test

“People made certain assumptions when they saw me because I am Chinese and Jewish. At the beginning of the year, the PE teacher, Mr. Multer, announced that I could be team captain if we were playing Ping-Pong; I pretended to laugh when everyone else did, but I was actually pretty steamed about it.”
― Madelyn Rosenberg, This Is Just a Test

“When we went, everything was dying on McKimmon’s Farm, and that included the poison ivy, which Mr. McKimmon wasn’t growing as a crop or anything; it was wild.”
― Madelyn Rosenberg, This Is Just a Test