View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about Mrs. Smith's statement about having changed her dress?
(a) She is wearing Mr. Smith's suit.
(b) Her dress is on backwards.
(c) She is wearing a bathrobe.
(d) She is still wearing the same clothes as before.

2. What question does the Fire Chief ask the Smiths?
(a) Is there a fire here?
(b) Where is the door?
(c) Where is the tea?
(d) Have you a light?

3. According to Mrs. Martin, what does she prefer over a sparrow in a barrow?
(a) A robin in a bobbin.
(b) A bird in the bush.
(c) An eagle on the wing.
(d) A sprite in the night.

4. Whom does Mary embrace after the stories have been told?
(a) Mr. Smith.
(b) Mrs. Smith.
(c) Bobby Watson.
(d) The Fire Chief.

5. Who is at the door when Mrs. Smith opens it?
(a) The Martins.
(b) The Fire Chief.
(c) No one.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the last scene, where does Mr. Smith wish to live?

2. Which line causes an abrupt break in the action?

3. In the Fire Chief's story, "The Dog and the Cow", why didn't the dog swallow his trunk?

4. What information does Mr. Smith find missing from the paper?

5. How does Mr. Smith claim to know the Fire Chief's mother?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 309 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample