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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mudder's real name?
(a) Mary.
(b) Nora.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Elizabeth.

2. What does Jimmie believe fine clothing represents?
(a) Superiority.
(b) Education.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Richness.

3. Where does Pete promise to take Maggie on Friday night?
(a) To the show.
(b) To a dance.
(c) To the museum.
(d) To a movie.

4. What two physical characteristics make Pete seem formidable?
(a) Fine clothes and shiny shoes.
(b) Swinging shoulders and a sneer.
(c) Massive height and weight.
(d) Piercing eyes and large fists.

5. What does the author say disguises Maggie's looks when she is a child?
(a) Bruises.
(b) Shadows.
(c) Fear.
(d) Dirt.

6. While out with Maggie, where does Pete see a little monkey to which he takes a liking?
(a) Central Park Menagerie.
(b) New York City Zoo.
(c) A traveling circus.
(d) The pet store.

7. To keep money in his pocket, what does Jimmie become?
(a) A truck driver.
(b) An undertaker.
(c) A bartender.
(d) A policeman.

8. When the dancing girl first appears in the show, what is she wearing?
(a) A pink dress with short skirts.
(b) A long, slinky red dress.
(c) A long, full yellow dress.
(d) A black leotard.

9. What animal does Chapter 4 compare Jimmie with as he drives?
(a) A snake.
(b) An African cow.
(c) An Indonesian monkey.
(d) A donkey.

10. Who steals the pail from Jimmie as he carries it back to the old woman?
(a) Pete.
(b) Blue Billie.
(c) Mudder.
(d) Fader.

11. What is Pete's occupation?
(a) He is a policeman.
(b) He is a truck driver.
(c) He is a bartender.
(d) He is a firefighter.

12. Who is the bartender at the saloon from which Mudder is removed?
(a) Pete.
(b) David Copperfield.
(c) Jimmie Murckre.
(d) Blue Billie.

13. Who tries to warn the boys that Jimmie's father is approaching?
(a) Pete.
(b) A small boy watching the fight.
(c) Roger.
(d) A woman looking out the window above.

14. What color does the book say Mudder's face turns when she is angry?
(a) Pale grey.
(b) Almost purple.
(c) Dull yellow.
(d) Bright red.

15. When Jimmie happens upon his furiously screaming mother, what does he tell her to do?
(a) Come home.
(b) Take a nap.
(c) Stop shouting.
(d) Go back to the saloon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who breaks up the street fight between the two groups of boys?

2. What is Mudder doing when Jimmie, Maggie, and Fader arrive home?

3. Who does Jimmie storm at, denounce, and compare to pestering flies in Chapter 4?

4. What is Mudder famous for in Chapter 5?

5. When Mudder curses Maggie, what does she call her?

(see the answer keys)

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