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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does the narrator say the Sunday School kids get on Easter Sunday?
(a) Jelly beans.
(b) Scrambled eggs.
(c) Scalloped potatoes.
(d) Marshmallows.

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

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

4. At the end of Mother's story to Father about the first pageant rehearsal, what conclusion does she draw about the Herdman siblings?
(a) They are sincere in their interest in acting.
(b) They have dim futures.
(c) They have good instincts.
(d) They will surely ruin the pageant.

5. What element does the narrator name as keeping people from getting into the library basement undetected?
(a) A locked door.
(b) A noisy chain.
(c) A sign-in sheet.
(d) The treacherous stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator mean when she says Mother told her "not to be so fresh" (26)?

2. What does the narrator finally decide when she is trying to figure out why someone would write down every bad action taken by the Herdman siblings?

3. Who does NOT volunteer to be a Wise Man in the pageant in the year described by the narrator?

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

5. When Mother hears the doorbell during her conversation with Mrs. Armstrong, who is at the door?

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