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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rule is enacted during Show-and-Tell after Claude Herdman's participation?
(a) No one can bring noisy things to Show-and-Tell.
(b) No one can bring living things to Show-and-Tell.
(c) No one can perform acrobatics for Show-and-Tell.
(d) No one can bring money to Show-and-Tell.

2. If one wants to avoid attracting the wrath of Imogene, what action should he or she take when the teacher asks a question?
(a) Shout out the correct answer.
(b) Raise one's hand.
(c) Remain quiet.
(d) Whisper the answer to Imogene.

3. For what reason does the narrator say Miss Brandel had passed Claude on to second grade even though he had not mastered the required skills?
(a) Because she knew she would have Gladys the following year.
(b) Because she knew she would have Imogene the following year.
(c) Because she knew she would have Ralph the following year.
(d) Because she knew she would have Ollie the following year.

4. How far away from the narrator's home does the usual pageant coordinator live?
(a) Twenty miles away.
(b) Five blocks away.
(c) A block and a half away.
(d) A mile and a half away.

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

6. What item from Charlie's lunch does Leroy keep stealing?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Sandwich.
(c) Milk.
(d) Dessert.

7. What is the name of the narrator's school?
(a) Abraham Lincoln School.
(b) Thomas Jefferson School.
(c) Warren G. Harding School.
(d) Woodrow Wilson School.

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

9. The narrator states that all of the teachers at school claim that what element is "supposed to be a big secret" (9) in addition to one's weight?
(a) The party with which one votes.
(b) One's social security number.
(c) One's shoe size.
(d) The contents of one's report card.

10. What is the name of the school nurse?
(a) Miss Kentucky.
(b) Miss Hemphill.
(c) Miss Cranston.
(d) Miss Johnson.

11. In what type of container does Claude bring the Herdmans' cat to school?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) A metal barrel.
(c) A cardboard box.
(d) A gunny sack.

12. 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 playhouse.
(c) A carport.
(d) A garage.

13. Father jokes that he had attended the pageant the year discussed by the narrator only to see what?
(a) Charlie as an angel.
(b) His bag of flour playing baby Jesus.
(c) His own bathrobe in the pageant.
(d) Charlie as Joseph.

14. What tactic does the narrator name as the best way to avoid contact with Imogene?
(a) Sitting in the front of the classroom.
(b) Remaining completely nondescript.
(c) Doing Imogene's homework for her.
(d) Walking by the river on the way to and from school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What task does Mother say she could do "with one hand tied behind" (16) her back?

2. The narrator states that her friend Alice had what kind of hands by age four?

3. What is NOT a quality of the Herdman's cat?

4. How often are the children required to visit the health room to get weighed and measured?

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

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