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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The mailman states that he thinks that the Herdmans' cat is not a cat at all, but is actually what type of animal?
(a) A puma.
(b) A wolverine.
(c) A bobcat.
(d) A jackal.

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

4. What is NOT a quality of the Herdman's cat?
(a) It has a broken tail.
(b) It has one eye.
(c) It has one short leg.
(d) It it missing one leg.

5. What task does Mother say she could do "with one hand tied behind" (16) her back?
(a) Coordinate the Christmas pageant.
(b) Run the bake sale.
(c) Take over as the chairman of the Ladies' Aid Bazaar.
(d) Run the pot-luck supper.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade is Charlie during the events of the Christmas pageant focused on by the narrator?

2. What proclamation does Father make about Charlie's comment about his favorite part of Sunday School?

3. What sensory detail does the narrator NOT describe experiencing, pointing to the conclusion that the usual pageant coordinator has been injured?

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

5. As the injured former pageant coordinator emerges from her home, what is NOT a command she calls out?

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