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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Grandma agree to help Mrs. Weidenbach?
(a) Yes, if Mrs. Vottsmeier does not attend.
(b) Yes, if she provides all the refreshments.
(c) Yes, if Mary Alice may attend as well.
(d) No.

2. Why did Mrs. Weidenbach choose to go to Grandma Dowdel to solve this problem?
(a) She is Mary Alice's guardian.
(b) She has a large home.
(c) Grandma Dowdel is the best cook she knows.
(d) Grandma wants to be a member of the DAR.

3. Valentine's Day is coming. Around this time, Mary Alice has been secretly doing what?
(a) Making presents for Grandma.
(b) Planning a trip to visit her family.
(c) Courting Augie.
(d) Writing a brief column in the local newspaper.

4. Mary Alice figures her zany household has done what?
(a) Made Royce like her even more.
(b) Ruined all chances of romance with Royce.
(c) Given Royce something about which to write a story.
(d) Entertained Royce.

5. The annual _______________ program at the school is coming.
(a) Christmas.
(b) Easter.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Arriving home, Mary Alice is surprised to see Grandma tramping around in the snow in rubber waders, hauling a basket full of what?

2. What is "Newsy Notes?"

3. What is the DAR?

4. Why is the answer to number 113 a problem?

5. One day in the cold of _____________, Mrs. Weidenbach knocks at the door.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Grandma initially respond to Mrs. Weidenbach's request? Why?

2. What is the most important part of the Christmas program? Why is it surprising that Mary Alice is chosen to play an important role in this? Why might she have been chosen?

3. Why does Grandma change her mind regarding Mrs. Weidenbach's request?

4. Why might the townspeople act this way toward this strange man?

5. What is Grandma's final surprise for Mary Alice? What does this reinforce about Grandma?

6. How does Mrs. Weidenbach act when Grandma agrees to bake the tarts, if the meeting is held at Grandma's home? Why does she react this way?

7. How has Mary Alice's relationship with the other girls changed? In what ways has it stayed the same?

8. What is one way that Grandma surprises Mary Alice during this holiday season? How is this important?

9. How do Ina-Rae and Mary Alice get back at Carleen? Why do they do it in this way?

10. How is Carleen Lovejoy like Mildred Burdick?

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