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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Miss Pettibone terminated from the Bible School?
(a) Because the students got ticks.
(b) Because she took the students on field trips without permission.
(c) Because she came drunk one day.
(d) Because she stopped showing up for class.

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

3. Which of the following did Noreen NOT do all morning when Baby was sick?
(a) Fixed coffee.
(b) Worked out on the treadmill.
(c) Read the paper.
(d) Watched TV.

4. What does Aunt Patty want Uncle Hob to do when she appears at the dormer window?
(a) Fix the roof tiles.
(b) Come inside the house.
(c) Pass in the empty picnic basket.
(d) Give sweaters to the girls.

5. How is Noreen traveling to Aunt Patty's house?
(a) She is taking a bus.
(b) She is driving a car.
(c) She is taking a train.
(d) She is taking an airplane.

6. Where did Noreen and Milly take the kids one day?
(a) The city.
(b) The seashore.
(c) The museum.
(d) The carnival.

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

8. What does Willa Jo find her mother doing the morning after Baby's funeral?
(a) Crying in Baby's room.
(b) Making phone calls.
(c) Sitting in the dark smoking cigarettes.
(d) Watching the sunrise.

9. Why does Willa Jo want to go to the drugstore?
(a) To call Aunt Patty.
(b) To get some candy.
(c) To get ice cream.
(d) To buy sunscreen.

10. Who accompanies Noreen on the trip to pick up the girls?
(a) Evie.
(b) Milly.
(c) Jill.
(d) Her husband.

11. Who scolded Noreen for letting herself go after Baby's death?
(a) Willa Jo.
(b) Uncle Hob.
(c) Aunt Patty.
(d) Milly.

12. Why was Willa Jo secretly happy that Aunt Patty showed up?
(a) She always took them out for ice cream.
(b) She was her favorite aunt.
(c) Noreen needed help.
(d) Aunt Patty brought presents.

13. Aunt Patty introduces Little Sister as ______________.
(a) JoAnn.
(b) Janet.
(c) Joely.
(d) Jennifer.

14. Little Sister and Peter knock over a display of ___________________ in the grocery.
(a) soft drinks.
(b) pickle jars.
(c) ketchup bottles.
(d) cookies.

15. Which of the following is NOT true about Willa Jo and Little Sister at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) They are singing at Bible School.
(b) They are getting sunburned.
(c) It is very hot.
(d) They are still on the roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. Uncle Hob gives the girls a mason jar filled with __________________.

2. What game do the girls play with the roof tiles?

3. What grocery store does Aunt Patty take Willa Jo and Little Sister to one day?

4. Why does Aunt Patty say she might introduce Tressa to Mrs. Finger?

5. What did the doctors ask when Noreen, Milly and the girls went to the hospital?

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