... I think "easy questions" could generate a "silliness" in her, as in, "oh, now we are asking silly questions....so I will get silly (and carried away) and provide you sillier answers - what fun!"
It's good to have the insight as to why silliness may occur. St Pauli Girl shared wonderful experience on how she addressed this with her child.
Since you mention that you did not choose the tester, is the testing arranged by a gifted coordinator, principal, etc, someone you might have already met and have a working relationship with?
Is this someone from whom you might learn the tester's name? Some psychologists in private practice with a specialty in gifted, also work for school districts affording parents the opportunity to learn a bit about the tester by looking at the psychologist's website.
Is this someone with whom you might be able to share a copy of each of the two articles which have been
linked upthread (A-Yermish, N-Webb), possibly with the one difference highlighted, and have a brief conversation about test administration? Goals might be learning whether gifted screening begins with questions above chronological age, raising awareness of that approach if they may not already have heard of it, and possibly having something documented in policy/practice statements to help ensure uniformity in gifted screening test administration processes for all candidate students.
