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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aunt Patty wants to hold Little Sister upside down or ________________ to make her talk.
(a) pinch her.
(b) slap her.
(c) squeeze her.
(d) sit on her.

2. What was Willa Jo secretly appreciative of about Aunt Patty?
(a) She let Willa Jo drive the car on the back roads.
(b) She knew that she liked Willa Jo the best.
(c) She always was in a good mood.
(d) When she asked to take the girls to her home for awhile.

3. A dream about _______________ wakens Willa Jo.
(a) Miss Pettibone.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Baby.
(d) Isaac.

4. What does Uncle Hob bring with him out onto the roof?
(a) A radio.
(b) A picnic basket.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A book.

5. What does Noreen decide made Baby so sick?
(a) Sun poisoning.
(b) The water she drank.
(c) The hot dog she ate.
(d) A spider bite.

6. Why does Noreen think Baby is fussy on the way home?
(a) She must be sleepy.
(b) She must be teething.
(c) She must need a diaper change.
(d) She must be hungry.

7. What does Aunt Patty say to Willa Jo that lets her know she is fed up with her?
(a) Willa Jo doesn't have one cooperative bone in her body.
(b) Willa Jo is the most anti-social child she has ever known.
(c) Willa Jo is a bad influence on Little Sister.
(d) Willa Jo should just get her shoes on and walk home.

8. What does Aunt Patty tell Noreen about being on the roof?
(a) She wouldn't believe the view.
(b) It's a great place to have a family chat.
(c) It is slippery in spots.
(d) It is very hot.

9. What does Willa Jo want more than anything?
(a) To get a new party dress.
(b) To go to Disney World.
(c) To take swimming lessons.
(d) To go home.

10. Little Sister almost slips off the roof when _____________________.
(a) she drops her soda can.
(b) she reaches for the umbrella.
(c) she moves to a higher spot.
(d) she claps her hands.

11. What do Noreen and the girls watch at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Cartoons.
(b) A movie.
(c) The sunrise.
(d) Good Morning America.

12. What musical instrument does Uncle Hob play?
(a) Saxophone.
(b) Harmonica.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Guitar.

13. Where does Noreen say that she can see Baby's face?
(a) In her mind.
(b) In her heart.
(c) In every child.
(d) In the sunrise.

14. What did Aunt Patty offer to pay for for Noreen?
(a) Her move to a place closer to Patty.
(b) A new dress for Noreen.
(c) Willa Jo's college education.
(d) Little Sister's pre-school fees.

15. Willa Jo has a scary dream about Baby ____________________.
(a) being hit by a car.
(b) going into a carnival tent.
(c) drowning in the swimming pool.
(d) walking into traffic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Hob ask the girls on the roof when he sticks his head out a window?

2. Who is the gossip in Aunt Patty's neighborhood?

3. What had Aunt Patty done the night before that caused Willa Jo to become annoyed?

4. What does Willa Jo tell Uncle Hob that she and Little Sister would like to have returned to them?

5. Why does Willa Jo want to go to the drugstore?

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