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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. Who beats up Charlie every day during Charlie's second grade year?
(a) Buster.
(b) Imogene.
(c) Leroy.
(d) Claude.

2. What kind of expression does Alice have on her face when she answers Mother's query about Alice's behavior during the assigning of pageant roles?
(a) She looks scared.
(b) She looks mad.
(c) She looks uncertain.
(d) She looks sheepish.

3. What happens to the usual coordinator of the pageant that then requires a new coordinator?
(a) She breaks her leg.
(b) She breaks her arm.
(c) She cuts her hand.
(d) She burns her hand.

4. The narrator is in the same grade as which of the Herdman siblings?
(a) Claude.
(b) Imogene.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Ollie.

5. To whom did the burned building belong before the Herdmans burned it down?
(a) The high school.
(b) Mrs. Shears.
(c) Mr. Shoemaker.
(d) Mr. Herdman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many rehearsals in total does Mother say will take place before the pageant performance?

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

3. At what time of year is the usual pageant coordinator injured, leading to Mother's assumption of the role instead?

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

5. When Mrs. McCarthy calls Mother, what does she suggest the Herdmans be allowed to do in lieu of taking roles within the pageant?

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