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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Minute in the Morning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grandma and Mary Alice take a load of the treats to the party, and who serves them?
(a) Grandma.
(b) Mary Alice.
(c) Mrs. Pensinger.
(d) Augie Fluke.

2. With whom does Mary Alice share a room?
(a) Her brother.
(b) No one.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her Grandmother.

3. Grandma says Mrs. Abernathy receives money from whom for her son, but it is not enough?
(a) The town.
(b) The government.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Her husband's pension.

4. What frightens Mary Alice in her room?
(a) The shadows on the wall.
(b) The dark.
(c) Bootsie.
(d) Things scuttling behind the walls and bumps coming from the attic.

5. What is burgoo stew?
(a) A stew made from scraps of whatever vegetables and trimmings happen to be available.
(b) A stew made from burgoo.
(c) A beef stew.
(d) A deer stew.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a dank basement, they discover ______________, who is doubling as a janitor.

2. The narrator, Mary Alice, gets off the train, and, beyond a few clothes, her only possessions are her cat ____________ and her radio.

3. How does Grandma know that the horse was not even Mildred's?

4. What does the principal's son's appearance indicate?

5. The _____________ family are notoriously bad people.

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