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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. What is the first thing that Aunt Patty does when Willa Jo and Little Sister arrive at her house?
(a) Makes them clean their room.
(b) Takes them shopping for clothes.
(c) Gives them a tour of the neighborhood.
(d) Takes them to the swimming pool.

2. What does Aunt Patty tell Willa Jo as the story begins?
(a) She is fed up with her.
(b) She needs to finish her homework.
(c) It is time for lunch.
(d) They are leaving for the beach now.

3. In what city does Aunt Patty live?
(a) Raleigh.
(b) Macon.
(c) Owensboro.
(d) Charlotte.

4. Aunt Patty tells Mrs. Biddle that Willa Jo is ____________________________.
(a) "an angel among us."
(b) "a blessing."
(c) "not the brightest bulb in the box."
(d) "the spawn of the devil."

5. Willa Jo and Little Sister are most worried about ___________________.
(a) going to heaven.
(b) their mother.
(c) their grades.
(d) keeping their clothes clean.

Short Answer Questions

1. To avoid embarrassment, Aunt Patty tells other people that she sent the girls up to the roof to ___________________.

2. How long have Willa Jo and Little Sister been at Aunt Patty's house?

3. What did Aunt Patty do when she couldn't find Willa Jo and Little Sister?

4. Aunt Patty likes to sit on the patio with a stack of magazines and ___________________.

5. Aunt Patty asks her husband if the girls look like __________________ in their new clothes.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Willa Jo and Little Sister staying with Aunt Patty, and how long will they be there?

2. Why does the trip to the chocolate store turn unpleasant for Willa Jo?

3. How does Willa Jo override Miss Pettibone's authority by removing Little Sister from the threat of ticks during lunchtime?

4. How does Aunt Patty show her intense frustration about Willa Jo to Mrs. Biddle?

5. Who is Miss Pettibone and why is she irritated with Little Sister?

6. What did Willa Jo and Little Sister's mother tell them about where Baby went?

7. Why does Aunt Patty eventually offer to take Willa Jo and Little Sister for awhile?

8. Why does Willa Jo resent Uncle Hob's response to the girls' new clothes and why does Willa Jo think that Aunt Patty doesn't know much about children?

9. How does Aunt Patty react when Little Sister brings all the newts into the kitchen?

10. How does Isaac befriend Little Sister?

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