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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What part of their home do the Herdman siblings play with in order to try to hurt one another?
(a) The gutter.
(b) The pool.
(c) The roof.
(d) The garage door.

3. What is the single thing Mother names as the only worry someone has when planning the task she says she could complete one-handed?
(a) Choosing the parts for the pageant.
(b) Running the cash register at the bake sale.
(c) Pricing items for the Ladies' Aid Bazaar.
(d) Making sure the pot-luck dinner serves more than just meatloaf.

4. 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 policemen carrying the stretcher.
(c) Hearing the sound of screaming.
(d) Seeing the ambulance.

5. What symptom does Imogene tell the school nurse her brother Ollie has been displaying?
(a) Red spots all over his body.
(b) Flaky skin all over his body.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Black bruises all over his body.

6. What part does Alice tell the narrator that she hopes the narrator gets again because the narrator is so good at the part?
(a) Angel of the Lord.
(b) Mary.
(c) Member of the angel choir.
(d) Shepherd.

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

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

9. What preparations does Claude make when he brings the cat to Show-and-Tell?
(a) He shaves the cat.
(b) He dyes the cat a vibrant shade of purple.
(c) He lets the cat go hungry for two days.
(d) He gives the cat a bath.

10. 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 he likes the feeling he gets when he goes there.
(d) He says that there are no Herdmans there.

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

12. How do the narrator and her little brother Charlie feel about being in the Christmas pageant?
(a) They only like to be in the pageant so that their grandmother can fly in to see it.
(b) They cannot wait to be in the pageant.
(c) They do not want to be in the pageant.
(d) They only like to be in the pageant to get Mother's attention.

13. When the school nurse asks Imogene whether Ollie is in bed, Imogene replies that Ollie is where?
(a) In bed at home.
(b) In his first grade classroom.
(c) At the comic book store.
(d) At the mall.

14. What object does Imogene manage to get from Wanda by blackmailing her?
(a) A ring.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A charm bracelet.
(d) A charm anklet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does the whole Sunday school go to church and perform a special act during the first 15 minutes of the service to

2. The Herdman family lives at the bottom of what type of topographical element?

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

4. To what does the narrator compare "those South American fish that strip your bones clean in three minutes flat" (6)?

5. In what grade is Charlie during the events of the Christmas pageant focused on by the narrator?

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