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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often are the children required to visit the health room to get weighed and measured?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a year.
(c) Twice a year.
(d) Once a season.

2. The narrator states that her friend Alice had what kind of hands by age four?
(a) Fidgety hands.
(b) Worried hands.
(c) Detergent hands.
(d) Arthritic hands.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In the annual Christmas pageant, children in intermediate grades have traditionally taken which roles?
(a) Angels.
(b) Donkeys.
(c) Shepherds.
(d) Wise Men.

10. At what time of year is the usual pageant coordinator injured, leading to Mother's assumption of the role instead?
(a) Three weeks before Christmas.
(b) Two weeks before Thanksgiving.
(c) A month after Thanksgiving.
(d) A month before Thanksgiving.

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

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

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

14. What does the sign in the Herdmans' yard say?
(a) Keep off the grass.
(b) Room for rent.
(c) Wet paint.
(d) Beware of the Cat.

15. The Herdman family lives over what type of structure?
(a) A metal workshop.
(b) A garage.
(c) A clothing store.
(d) A bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie does Charlie tell Leroy to stop Leroy from stealing part of Charlie's lunch?

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

3. Who beats up Charlie every day during Charlie's second grade year?

4. 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?

5. How do the narrator and her little brother Charlie feel about being in the Christmas pageant?

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