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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What preparations does Claude make when he brings the cat to Show-and-Tell?
(a) He shaves the cat.
(b) He gives the cat a bath.
(c) He dyes the cat a vibrant shade of purple.
(d) He lets the cat go hungry for two days.

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?
(a) Spending the summer working as a lifeguard at the water park.
(b) Spending the summer with his Uncle Frank and going to Disneyland.
(c) Spending the summer making up work in summer school.
(d) Spending the summer at horse camp.

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

4. What sensory detail does the narrator NOT describe experiencing, pointing to the conclusion that the usual pageant coordinator has been injured?
(a) Seeing the policemen carrying the stretcher.
(b) Seeing the ambulance.
(c) Hearing the siren.
(d) Hearing the sound of screaming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of building is the only one the Herdmans had managed to burn all the way to the ground?

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. The congregation of the narrator's church has a food drive every year for what cause?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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