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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator describes the Herdman siblings as being all alike in appearance, except for what two elements?
(a) Their genders and their hair lengths.
(b) Their sizes and the locations of their bruises.
(c) Their scowls and their sharp elbows.
(d) Their sizes and their ages.

2. How often does Mrs. Armstrong call the narrator's mother from her hospital bed?
(a) Every day.
(b) Every other day.
(c) Twice a week.
(d) Five times a day.

3. When Imogene tells Albert that she has seen the nurse's note about him, how does she say he will be spending the following summer?
(a) Spending the summer in physical therapy for scoliosis.
(b) Spending the summer at fat camp.
(c) Spending the summer making up work in summer school.
(d) Spending the summer at aikido camp.

4. When Mother hears the doorbell during her conversation with Mrs. Armstrong, who is at the door?
(a) Reverend Hopkins.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Father.
(d) Mr. Armstrong.

5. How much had the character who always played Joseph unsuccessfully offered another character to play the role of Joseph instead?
(a) $10.
(b) 50 cents.
(c) $1.
(d) $5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the school nurse?

2. The narrator states that her friend Alice had what kind of hands by age four?

3. What does the narrator mean when she says Mother told her "not to be so fresh" (26)?

4. How often does the whole Sunday school go to church and perform a special act during the first 15 minutes of the service to

5. In the pageant incarnation described at the center of the narrative, who plays the role of Joseph?

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