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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Away in a Manger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One night, Mary Alice is shocked to discover what about Bootsie?
(a) He is missing.
(b) He had a rusty tin can tied around his tail.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He is pregnant.

2. What has broken the narrator and her mother?
(a) The narrator's college tuition.
(b) Their rent.
(c) The narrator's train ticket.
(d) Their utility bills.

3. She has them take off their shoes, and then she gives the girls buttermilk and __________.
(a) Corn bread.
(b) Pie.
(c) Fried chicken.
(d) Biscuits.

4. At ________ o' clock, a reluctant Mary Alice follows Grandma out into the cold.
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

5. In a dank basement, they discover ______________, who is doubling as a janitor.
(a) Another high school student, Augie Fluke.
(b) Mary Alice's brother, Joey.
(c) An English teacher, Miss Butler.
(d) The principal, August Fluke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finally home, Grandma cuts the food open with what?

2. At _____________ o' clock, everyone stops to observe a minute of silence for Armistice Day.

3. Grandma comes out of the cobhouse, frightening the boys, and covers the leader in what?

4. The heart of the program is what?

5. Like a typical bully, what does Mary Alice's desk mate demand from Mary Alice?

(see the answer key)

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