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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) No.
(c) Yes, if she provides all the refreshments.
(d) Yes, if Mary Alice may attend as well.

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

3. Christmas time has arrived, and Miss Butler is having the kids make hot pads from what?
(a) Shoe strings.
(b) Bottle caps.
(c) Nylon pantyhose.
(d) Old clothes.

4. There are rumors of trying to do what to Arnold?
(a) Convince him to stay permanently.
(b) Run him out of town as a corrupting influence.
(c) Get him to marry Maxine.
(d) Put him in jail.

5. By the end of the night, the two have ______________.
(a) Two beavers.
(b) One bear.
(c) Six muskrats.
(d) Four foxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. At ________ o' clock, a reluctant Mary Alice follows Grandma out into the cold.

2. How is the crowd shocked?

3. The next day, Grandma negotiates a good deal for the hides with whom?

4. Why did Mrs. Weidenbach choose to go to Grandma Dowdel to solve this problem?

5. Mary Alice has managed to shed the "____________" reputation.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. How is Carleen Lovejoy like Mildred Burdick?

7. How does Grandma take advantage of this man? Why does she do this?

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

9. What does Bootsie bring back to Mary Alice? Why might he do this?

10. What is another way that Grandma surprises Mary Alice during this holiday season? How is this surprise important?

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