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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This man explains he was sent to Grandma by Maxine Patch, the postmistress, and that he is in town to do what?
(a) Teach school.
(b) Work as a postmaster.
(c) Build a statue.
(d) Paint a mural on the post office wall.

2. In response, Grandma plays matchmaker and hosts a dinner with Arnold Green and who?
(a) Herself.
(b) Mary Alice.
(c) The English teacher Miss Butler.
(d) Maxine.

3. How is the crowd shocked?
(a) Mildred is standing there with her baby.
(b) Mary Alice is in one of her new dresses.
(c) Carleen is not wearing anything.
(d) An actual baby is in the manger.

4. ________________ remains Mary Alice's biggest nemesis.
(a) Ina-Rae Gage.
(b) Mildred Burdick.
(c) Carleen Lovejoy.
(d) Jamie Dowdel.

5. When do Mary Alice and Royce meet?
(a) On a Sunday.
(b) On a Tuesday.
(c) On a Saturday.
(d) On a Thursday.

6. Mrs. Weidenbach has come to Grandma because of what?
(a) Mrs. Weidenbach wants to be popular.
(b) She needs a place to host the party.
(c) Mrs. Vottsmeier will not bake any cherry tarts.
(d) Mary Alice has gotten herself into trouble at school.

7. To everyone's surprise, Mary Alice is chosen to play what part?
(a) The main speaker.
(b) An angel.
(c) The lead dancer.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

8. What are used to cover up the human scent in order to confuse these animals?
(a) The rubber waders and walnut shells.
(b) The rubber waders and the corn.
(c) The rubber waders and the pecans.
(d) The rubber waders and the pumpkins.

9. Why does the chorus practice sound awful?
(a) They do not have a teacher guiding them.
(b) They have never sung before.
(c) They have never practiced together before.
(d) No student at the school can really sing.

10. Grandma wears her best clothes for the DAR event, and Mary Alice is struck by what?
(a) Grandma's understanding of the DAR.
(b) Grandma's interest in the DAR.
(c) Grandma's beauty.
(d) Grandma's intelligence.

11. The next day, Grandma negotiates a good deal for the hides with whom?
(a) The Burdick family.
(b) Augie Fluke.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) The local fur broker.

12. To everyone's consternation, Maxine Patch bounds down the stairs how?
(a) Quickly and quietly.
(b) Singing at the top of her lungs.
(c) Dancing and laughing.
(d) Naked except for a long black snake wrapped around her neck.

13. Who is her true family?
(a) The Burdick family.
(b) Ina-Rae's family.
(c) The Fluke family.
(d) Grandma's family.

14. Grandma also has a vial of ________ to attract the animals.
(a) Perfume.
(b) Blood.
(c) Water.
(d) Urine.

15. While Mary Alice thinks Christmas is not exactly Grandma's favorite holiday, Grandma surprises her how?
(a) By helping her get dressed for the program.
(b) By telling her it's her favorite holiday.
(c) By buying her a new wardrobe.
(d) By having her pick out a pair of new shoes to buy from the Sears catalogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the DAR?

2. The heart of the program is what?

3. The Christmas program is getting closer, and while Carleen Lovejoy has a magnificent costume, Mary Alice has only what?

4. Mary Alice figures her zany household has done what?

5. Taking advantage of Arnold's desperation, Grandma charges him the princely sum of _________________ a day for rent.

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