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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Quimby washing in Chapter 4?

2. What color uniform does Mrs. Quimby wear to work?

3. What does Mrs. Kemp do while the children play in Chapter 2?

4. What is Mrs. Quimby's job?

5. What does Ramona think she will give her daughter to eat if she has a little girl when she grows up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ramona get out of playing with Willa Jean after Beezus arrives?

2. What conversation does the family have when the girls complain about the meal?

3. How do the third graders like to crack their hard-boiled eggs?

4. What lunchtime fads do the third-graders have in Chapter 4?

5. What happens when Ramona whacks her egg?

6. How does Mrs. Larson help Ramona after she cracks her egg?

7. What does Ramona find in her lunch box when she has lunch in Chapter 4?

8. What does Mrs. Whaley give each student before lunch in Chapter 4, and why?

9. What does Howie let Ramona do when they go to his house after school, and how well does she do?

10. What do Willa Jean and Ramona play when Bruce arrives in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ramona has worries about school and her family. What are Ramona’s worries about school and her family? How does Ramona learn to deal with her worries?

Essay Topic 2

Beezus and Ramona quarrel about dinner when their mother serves tongue. Why do the girls quarrel about dinner? What repercussions do they face because of their attitudes?

Essay Topic 3

Metaphors and similes are figures of speech that are used to make comparisons between things. Metaphors seem to imply an equal comparison, while similes seem to imply a similarity between two things. Does Beverly Cleary use more metaphors or similes in Ramona Quimby, Age 8? How does the use of metaphors or similes help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of metaphors or similes help make the writing more interesting?

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