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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Grandma know that the horse was not even Mildred's?
(a) The horse belongs to the neighbors down the road.
(b) Mildred's father is a notorious horse thief.
(c) The horse threw Mildred off his back.
(d) Mildred's family is too poor to own any horses.

3. Mrs. Pensinger comes back for seconds on what?
(a) The corn pudding.
(b) The almond cookies.
(c) The pumpkin pie.
(d) The apple pie.

4. What happens when Augie aims his gun at the fleeing rabbit?
(a) He changes his mind and does not shoot at the rabbit.
(b) He hits his target.
(c) The rabbit races underneath a parked car, and Augie winds up shooting out the new tire of the car.
(d) Mary Alice screams at him.

5. What does Grandma think of Bootsie the cat?
(a) She does not think about him often.
(b) She does not care for him.
(c) She likes him a lot.
(d) She does not like him.

6. Grandma comes out of the cobhouse, frightening the boys, and covers the leader in what?
(a) The tar.
(b) The sauce.
(c) The glue.
(d) The soup.

7. Who is the son of the principal?
(a) Darrel Smiley.
(b) Augie Fluke.
(c) Carl Aberdeen.
(d) Matthew Thomas.

8. Grandma, acting quite polite, does what?
(a) Tells Mildred to go home.
(b) Talks to Mildred out on the porch.
(c) Gives Mildred the dollar.
(d) Invites the girls inside.

9. Mad, Grandma affixes a spare tire to the front of the farmer's tractor in the barn, and does what?
(a) Steals the tractor.
(b) Runs the tractor into the river.
(c) Rams the tractor into the farmer's house.
(d) Rams the tractor into the tree.

10. The next day, Grandma and Mary Alice drag a wagon to the home of farmer ___________.
(a) Old Man Lynquist.
(b) Old Man Nyquist.
(c) Old Lady Nyquist.
(d) Old Lady Lynquist.

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

12. Why does Grandma believe Mary Alice will not get beat up?
(a) Mildred is too afraid of Grandma.
(b) Mildred has been put in her place.
(c) Mildred will be too embarrassed to go to school the next day.
(d) Without a horse or shoes, Mildred will not attend school.

13. Instead, what does Grandma do?
(a) She tells the neighbor of Mildred's plans.
(b) She goes for jam in the cellar.
(c) She finds Mildred's mother.
(d) She unhitches Mildred's horse and hangs Mildred's shoes on the horse.

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

15. How old is the narrator?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has caused Mrs. Abernathy's son's illness?

2. With whom does Mary Alice share a room?

3. Who is Mary Alice's favorite singer?

4. The _____________ family are notoriously bad people.

5. Mary Alice has a Halloween party at school, and Grandma decides to do what?

(see the answer keys)

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