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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare "those South American fish that strip your bones clean in three minutes flat" (6)?
(a) The Herdman siblings' treatment of their teachers in school.
(b) The Herdman siblings attending the Firefighters' party.
(c) The Herdman siblings eating lunch in the cafeteria.
(d) The Herdman siblings attending the ice cream social.

2. What rule is enacted during Show-and-Tell after Claude Herdman's participation?
(a) No one can bring noisy things to Show-and-Tell.
(b) No one can bring living things to Show-and-Tell.
(c) No one can bring money to Show-and-Tell.
(d) No one can perform acrobatics for Show-and-Tell.

3. The narrator is in the same grade as which of the Herdman siblings?
(a) Imogene.
(b) Claude.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Ollie.

4. To whom did the burned building belong before the Herdmans burned it down?
(a) Mrs. Shears.
(b) Mr. Shoemaker.
(c) The high school.
(d) Mr. Herdman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a quality of the Herdman's cat?

2. Who is the youngest child in the Herdman family?

3. The narrator states that all of the teachers at school claim that what element is "supposed to be a big secret" (9) in addition to one's weight?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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