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

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

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) Mice.
(b) Rats.
(c) Possums.
(d) Raccoons.

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

5. How often are the children required to visit the health room to get weighed and measured?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a season.
(c) Twice a year.
(d) Once a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the school nurse asks Imogene whether Ollie is in bed, Imogene replies that Ollie is where?

2. To whom did the burned building belong before the Herdmans burned it down?

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

4. The mailman states that he thinks that the Herdmans' cat is not a cat at all, but is actually what type of animal?

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

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