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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. How does Mrs. Weidenbach react to Grandma's demand?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She begins to cry.
(c) She is not surprised.
(d) She is horrified.

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

3. The Christmas program is getting closer, and while Carleen Lovejoy has a magnificent costume, Mary Alice has only what?
(a) Plain bedsheets.
(b) A new pair of shoes.
(c) Her everyday clothes.
(d) A simple robe.

4. The heart of the program is what?
(a) The Nativity scene.
(b) The speech made by a senior.
(c) The dance number.
(d) The Hallelujah Chorus.

5. Grandma had planned the whole gathering for what reason?
(a) To relax and enjoy good food.
(b) To bring the women of the town together.
(c) To show her friends how popular she is.
(d) To put Mrs. Weidenbach in her place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "Newsy Notes?"

2. Final exams are coming up at school, and while a whiz at English and composition, Mary Alice struggled with __________.

3. Carleen is incensed that mousy Ina-Rae would get more attention on Valentine's Day than her. Later, what is revealed?

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

5. March comes, and Mary Alice turns _______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Grandma do to pay the bills and survive during the Great Depression? How is this foreshadowed?

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

4. What is learned about Mrs. Weidenbach? How is this significant?

5. 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?

6. Why is this man in town? What does Grandma think of this?

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

8. Why does Mrs. Weidenbach ask for Grandma's help? Why is this surprising?

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

10. How is Mary Alice's date interrupted? How is this foreshadowed?

(see the answer keys)

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