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

2. A forlorn Mary Alice informs Grandma of ______________.
(a) Her interest in being Mildred's friend.
(b) Mildred's following her.
(c) Mildred's demand.
(d) Mildred's desire to be her friend.

3. The narrator tells the reader that her father lost his job and her brother Joey has joined __________.
(a) The Civilian Conservation Corps.
(b) A union.
(c) A gang.
(d) The military.

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

5. What is wrong with Mrs. Abernathy's grown son?
(a) He is in a wheelchair, blinded, and mentally ill.
(b) He is lying in his bed, moaning.
(c) He is unable to talk.
(d) He is on crutches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Halloween is a _________ occasion in Grandma's town.

2. Why is it important that the school is many miles from Mildred's house?

3. To whose class is Mary Alice taken?

4. They scramble out of there, leaving behind what?

5. What happens when Augie aims his gun at the fleeing rabbit?

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