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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of building is the only one the Herdmans had managed to burn all the way to the ground?
(a) A toolhouse.
(b) A garage.
(c) A carport.
(d) A playhouse.

2. How often does the whole Sunday school go to church and perform a special act during the first 15 minutes of the service to
(a) Every week.
(b) Every month.
(c) Every December.
(d) Every three months.

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

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

5. How many children are in the Herdman family?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Imogene manage to get from Wanda by blackmailing her?

2. What part does Alice tell the narrator that she hopes the narrator gets again because the narrator is so good at the part?

3. How often does Mrs. Armstrong call the narrator's mother from her hospital bed?

4. How far away from the narrator's home does the usual pageant coordinator live?

5. At what time of day does Mrs. Armstrong always call the narrator's mother to discuss the pageant?

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