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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Grandma and Mary Alice do at the cobhouse?
(a) Place Bootsie on the wire.
(b) Hide and wait.
(c) Taunt the boys.
(d) Go back inside the house.

2. Mary Alice has a Halloween party at school, and Grandma decides to do what?
(a) Bake pumpkin and pecan pies for it.
(b) GIve her apples for bobbing.
(c) Make her a costume.
(d) Buy her treats to share.

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

4. The _____________ family are notoriously bad people.
(a) Fluke.
(b) Gage.
(c) Butler.
(d) Burdick.

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

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

7. What is humorous about the answer to number 59?
(a) The pudding is made from her own corn.
(b) The pie is made from her own apples.
(c) The pie is made from her own pumpkins.
(d) The cookies are made from her own almonds.

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

9. Halloween is a _________ occasion in Grandma's town.
(a) Minor.
(b) Huge.
(c) Small.
(d) Non-existent.

10. While Grandma is widely known as an excellent markswoman, she will not be competing. Instead, what does she do?
(a) She judges the competition.
(b) She helps the wives of the Legionnaires prepare burgoo stew.
(c) She sits inside and watches.
(d) She spends time with Mary Alice.

11. After the shoot, Grandma unloads all the burgoo coins onto ____________.
(a) A picnic table outside.
(b) Her kitchen table.
(c) Her lap.
(d) Mrs. Abernathy's table.

12. What is Augie Fluke intent on proving to Mary Alice?
(a) He is handsome.
(b) He is a good shot.
(c) He is smart.
(d) He can dance.

13. At _____________ o' clock, everyone stops to observe a minute of silence for Armistice Day.
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Eleven.

14. Grandma intimidates ________________ into paying more for the stew.
(a) All who can afford it.
(b) Everyone.
(c) The poor.
(d) The men.

15. Mary Alice accompanies Grandma upstairs for what reason?
(a) To help Mrs. Abernathy.
(b) To help her.
(c) To see why Mrs. Abernathy is struggling.
(d) To help Mrs. Abernathy clean her home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Armistice Day?

2. To where does Mildred follow Mary Alice?

3. What does Grandma think of Bootsie the cat?

4. To take her mind off her fears, what does Mary Alice do?

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

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