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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the DAR?
(a) Daughters for Allied Revolt.
(b) Day of Armistice Resolve.
(c) Daughters of Armed Revolution.
(d) Daughters of the American Revolution.

2. What does Bootsie bring that he will not allow Mary Alice to keep?
(a) A twig.
(b) A kitten.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A ball of yarn.

3. How does Mary Alice feel about meeting Royce?
(a) She is very excited.
(b) She is a little scared.
(c) She is terribly nervous.
(d) She is quite happy.

4. How do the girls react to Royce McNabb, the new boy at school?
(a) They tease him.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They are cautious around him.
(d) They all swoon, including Mary Alice.

5. Valentine's Day is coming. Around this time, Mary Alice has been secretly doing what?
(a) Planning a trip to visit her family.
(b) Writing a brief column in the local newspaper.
(c) Courting Augie.
(d) Making presents for Grandma.

Short Answer Questions

1. The heart of the program is what?

2. There are rumors of trying to do what to Arnold?

3. Mrs. Weidenbach and the DAR ladies arrive and are ____________ the women's presence.

4. Grandma wears her best clothes for the DAR event, and Mary Alice is struck by what?

5. Why does the chorus practice sound awful?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Grandma's final surprise for Mary Alice? What does this reinforce about Grandma?

2. How is Mary Alice's date interrupted? How is this foreshadowed?

3. What newspaper column does Mary Alice write? Why might she do this?

4. Why does Mrs. Weidenbach ask for Grandma's help? Why is this surprising?

5. How do Ina-Rae and Mary Alice get back at Carleen? Why do they do it in this way?

6. Why is this man in town? What does Grandma think of this?

7. What is one way that Grandma surprises Mary Alice during this holiday season? How is this important?

8. What is another way that Grandma surprises Mary Alice during this holiday season? How is this surprise important?

9. How has Mary Alice's relationship with the other girls changed? In what ways has it stayed the same?

10. What is the most important part of the Christmas program? Why is it surprising that Mary Alice is chosen to play an important role in this? Why might she have been chosen?

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