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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states that her friend Alice had what kind of hands by age four?
(a) Worried hands.
(b) Fidgety hands.
(c) Arthritic hands.
(d) Detergent hands.

2. How many children are in the Herdman family?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

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

4. What is the name of the narrator's school?
(a) Abraham Lincoln School.
(b) Woodrow Wilson School.
(c) Warren G. Harding School.
(d) Thomas Jefferson School.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator is in the same grade as which of the Herdman siblings?

2. Where other people have grass in their yards, the Herdmans have what?

3. What symptom does Imogene tell the school nurse her brother Ollie has been displaying?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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