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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mary Alice figures Mildred will do what to her at school tomorrow?
(a) Ignore her.
(b) Beat her up.
(c) Befriend her.
(d) Tease her.

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

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

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

6. To whose class is Mary Alice taken?
(a) Miss Butler's.
(b) Miss Bonnie's.
(c) Miss Bate's.
(d) Miss Binghamton's.

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

8. How does Grandma react to Mary Alice's arrival?
(a) She gives her a huge hug.
(b) She completely ignores her.
(c) She begins to cry and tells her how much she has missed her.
(d) She offers no hug or greeting and moans about having to take in her granddaughter.

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

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

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

12. Next, Grandma and Mary Alice travel to the _______________ residence.
(a) Peridot's.
(b) Penny's.
(c) Pensingers'.
(d) Pennington's.

13. To take her mind off her fears, what does Mary Alice do?
(a) She prays.
(b) She sings to herself.
(c) She plays her Philco radio.
(d) She talks to Grandma.

14. It is revealed that a major reason for having the shoot at the Abernathy farm is do what?
(a) Raise money for the DAR.
(b) Raise money for the NRA.
(c) Raise money for the school.
(d) Raise money for Mrs. Abernathy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mary Alice's favorite singer?

2. She has them take off their shoes, and then she gives the girls buttermilk and __________.

3. Until the family recovers financially, the narrator will have to live with ________________ in an unnamed town.

4. What is the year?

5. Why does Grandma do this with the tractor?

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