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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What information does Imogene collect about her classmates that she then uses to blackmail them to get things she wants?
(a) Their weights.
(b) Their parents' annual income.
(c) Their deepest fears.
(d) Their heights.

3. What proclamation does Mother make about Charlie's comment about his favorite part of Sunday School?
(a) It is a heartwarming sentiment.
(b) Hearing it made her prouder of Charlie than she had ever been.
(c) It is not a very Christian sentiment.
(d) It is a practical sentiment.

4. The narrator describes the Herdman siblings as being all alike in appearance, except for what two elements?
(a) Their genders and their hair lengths.
(b) Their sizes and their ages.
(c) Their sizes and the locations of their bruises.
(d) Their scowls and their sharp elbows.

5. The narrator begins the novel by declaring that "the Herdmans were absolutely the" what "kids in the history of the world" (1)?
(a) Worst.
(b) Dumbest.
(c) Yuckiest.
(d) Poorest.

6. To what does the narrator compare "those South American fish that strip your bones clean in three minutes flat" (6)?
(a) The Herdman siblings attending the Firefighters' party.
(b) The Herdman siblings attending the ice cream social.
(c) The Herdman siblings eating lunch in the cafeteria.
(d) The Herdman siblings' treatment of their teachers in school.

7. 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 three months.
(b) Every week.
(c) Every December.
(d) Every month.

8. The neighbors around the toolhouse had been worried that it would attract what types of animals, prior to burning to the ground at the hands of the Herdman siblings?
(a) Raccoons.
(b) Rats.
(c) Mice.
(d) Possums.

9. What proclamation does Father make about Charlie's comment about his favorite part of Sunday School?
(a) It is a heartwarming sentiment.
(b) Hearing it made him prouder of Charlie than he had ever been.
(c) It is not a very Christian sentiment.
(d) It is a practical sentiment.

10. Who is the youngest child in the Herdman family?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Leroy.
(c) Ollie.
(d) Ralph.

11. What is Charlie's reply when he is asked what he likes about Sunday School?
(a) He says that he likes how quiet and peaceful it is.
(b) He says that he likes to learn songs about Jesus.
(c) He says that there are no Herdmans there.
(d) He says that he likes the feeling he gets when he goes there.

12. The mailman states that he thinks that the Herdmans' cat is not a cat at all, but is actually what type of animal?
(a) A bobcat.
(b) A wolverine.
(c) A jackal.
(d) A puma.

13. What is NOT a quality of the Herdman's cat?
(a) It has one eye.
(b) It it missing one leg.
(c) It has a broken tail.
(d) It has one short leg.

14. When Imogene tells Albert that she has seen the nurse's note about him, how does she say he will be spending the following summer?
(a) Spending the summer in physical therapy for scoliosis.
(b) Spending the summer at fat camp.
(c) Spending the summer making up work in summer school.
(d) Spending the summer at aikido camp.

15. Who is the oldest child in the Herdman family?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Leroy.
(d) Ollie.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the sign in the Herdmans' yard say?

4. What is the name of the narrator's school?

5. What rule is enacted during Show-and-Tell after Claude Herdman's participation?

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