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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. Why does Grandma do this with the tractor?
(a) She wants the farmer to know how mad she is.
(b) She needs a tractor.
(c) She makes it rain pecans.
(d) She does not think the farmer needs a tractor.

2. They scramble out of there, leaving behind what?
(a) A flashlight and beer.
(b) Candy and cookies.
(c) A cut up can.
(d) A knife and a handsaw.

3. Until the family recovers financially, the narrator will have to live with ________________ in an unnamed town.
(a) Aunt Suzie.
(b) Uncle Harold.
(c) Grandma Dowdel.
(d) Grandma Smith.

4. Her desk mate dubs Mary Alice the "rich Chicago girl." Why?
(a) Mary Alice is very rich.
(b) Mary Alice is even more poor than she is.
(c) Mary Alice is dressed slightly better than her.
(d) Mary Alice is quiet and comes across as a snob.

5. To where does Mildred follow Mary Alice?
(a) To the grocery store.
(b) To Grandma's house at the other end of town.
(c) To Augie's house.
(d) To Ina Rae's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Mrs. Abernathy's grown son?

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

3. Mary Alice has to share a desk with whom?

4. The next day, Grandma negotiates a good deal for the hides with whom?

5. The big moment arrives, with a light being shone on whom?

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