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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prior to Imogene's announcement about the note she has seen about Albert in the nurse's book, how does Albert think he will spend the following summer?
(a) Spending the summer at horse camp.
(b) Spending the summer making up work in summer school.
(c) Spending the summer working as a lifeguard at the water park.
(d) Spending the summer with his Uncle Frank and going to Disneyland.

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

3. The narrator states that Imogene never learns anything except what?
(a) Profane words and secrets about everyone.
(b) The multiplication tables and how to pick pockets.
(c) How to tie knots and how to hurt animals.
(d) Slang words and the multiplication tables.

4. Where other people have grass in their yards, the Herdmans have what?
(a) Shards of glass.
(b) Tumbleweeds.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Rattlesnakes.

5. What kind of building is the only one the Herdmans had managed to burn all the way to the ground?
(a) A carport.
(b) A garage.
(c) A toolhouse.
(d) A playhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator's school?

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

3. What rule is enacted during Show-and-Tell after Claude Herdman's participation?

4. What object does Imogene manage to get from Wanda by blackmailing her?

5. The Herdman family lives over what type of structure?

(see the answer key)

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