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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where other people have hydrangeas in their yards, the Herdmans have what?
(a) Venus flytraps.
(b) Thorny roses.
(c) Poison ivy.
(d) Rattlesnakes.

2. How often are the children required to visit the health room to get weighed and measured?
(a) Once a year.
(b) Once a season.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Twice a year.

3. In what grade is Charlie during the events of the Christmas pageant focused on by the narrator?
(a) Second.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Third.
(d) First.

4. How does Father feel about attending the Christmas pageant?
(a) He only wants to attend the pageant to use his new video camera.
(b) He likes to help with the stagecraft for the pageant, but then he rarely attends the pageant itself.
(c) He looks forward to the pageant every year.
(d) He does not want to attend the pageant.

5. What happens to the usual coordinator of the pageant that then requires a new coordinator?
(a) She breaks her leg.
(b) She cuts her hand.
(c) She burns her hand.
(d) She breaks her arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator begins the novel by declaring that "the Herdmans were absolutely the" what "kids in the history of the world" (1)?

2. The Herdman family lives at the bottom of what type of topographical element?

3. As the injured former pageant coordinator emerges from her home, what is NOT a command she calls out?

4. Who is the oldest child in the Herdman family?

5. What item from Charlie's lunch does Leroy keep stealing?

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