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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of their home do the Herdman siblings play with in order to try to hurt one another?
(a) The pool.
(b) The gutter.
(c) The roof.
(d) The garage door.

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

3. The neighbors around the toolhouse had been worried that it would attract what types of animals, prior to burning to the ground at the hands of the Herdman siblings?
(a) Possums.
(b) Rats.
(c) Raccoons.
(d) Mice.

4. What is the name of the school nurse?
(a) Miss Johnson.
(b) Miss Cranston.
(c) Miss Kentucky.
(d) Miss Hemphill.

5. Who is the oldest child in the Herdman family?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Ollie.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Leroy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tactic does the narrator name as the best way to avoid contact with Imogene?

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

3. What preparations does Claude make when he brings the cat to Show-and-Tell?

4. What does the sign in the Herdmans' yard say?

5. To what does the narrator compare "those South American fish that strip your bones clean in three minutes flat" (6)?

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