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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Imogene manage to get from Wanda by blackmailing her?
(a) A charm bracelet.
(b) A charm anklet.
(c) A ring.
(d) A necklace.

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

3. For what reason does the narrator say Miss Brandel had passed Claude on to second grade even though he had not mastered the required skills?
(a) Because she knew she would have Gladys the following year.
(b) Because she knew she would have Ralph the following year.
(c) Because she knew she would have Ollie the following year.
(d) Because she knew she would have Imogene the following year.

4. When Imogene tells Albert that she has seen the nurse's note about him, how does she say he will be spending the following summer?
(a) Spending the summer at aikido camp.
(b) Spending the summer in physical therapy for scoliosis.
(c) Spending the summer making up work in summer school.
(d) Spending the summer at fat camp.

5. When the school nurse asks Imogene whether Ollie is in bed, Imogene replies that Ollie is where?
(a) In bed at home.
(b) At the comic book store.
(c) At the mall.
(d) In his first grade classroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of their home do the Herdman siblings play with in order to try to hurt one another?

2. If one wants to avoid attracting the wrath of Imogene, what action should he or she take when the teacher asks a question?

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

4. 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?

5. The narrator describes the Herdman siblings as being all alike in appearance, except for what two elements?

(see the answer key)

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