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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is NOT a reason the narrator names for her friend Alice always playing the role of Mary in the pageant?
(a) She is smart.
(b) She has a loud voice.
(c) She is holy-looking.
(d) She is neat and clean.

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

4. As the injured former pageant coordinator emerges from her home, what is NOT a command she calls out?
(a) She tells them to call her husband.
(b) She tells them to inform the Ladies' Aid Bazaar committee that she will miss the meeting.
(c) She tells them to turn off her stove.
(d) She tells them to turn off her clothes iron.

5. What does the narrator say is "the only unexpected thing that every happened to" (17) the pageant?
(a) Mrs. Wendelken breaking her arm.
(b) Mrs. Armstrong breaking her leg.
(c) Mrs. Robinson cutting her hand.
(d) Mrs. Freeborn burning her hand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Prior to Imogene's announcement about the note she has seen about Albert in the nurse's book, how does Albert think he will spend the following summer?

3. Where other people have hydrangeas in their yards, the Herdmans have what?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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