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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of building is the only one the Herdmans had managed to burn all the way to the ground?
(a) A playhouse.
(b) A garage.
(c) A carport.
(d) A toolhouse.

2. 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.

3. 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 making up work in summer school.
(b) Spending the summer in physical therapy for scoliosis.
(c) Spending the summer at aikido camp.
(d) Spending the summer at fat camp.

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

5. The congregation of the narrator's church has a food drive every year for what cause?
(a) For the Senior Home.
(b) For the Boys and Girls Club.
(c) For the children's hospital.
(d) For the Orphans Home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom did the burned building belong before the Herdmans burned it down?

3. At what time of year is the usual pageant coordinator injured, leading to Mother's assumption of the role instead?

4. Everyone not given a major part in the Christmas pageant takes on what role?

5. When the school nurse asks Imogene whether Ollie is in bed, Imogene replies that Ollie is where?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mother at first feel about coordinating the Christmas pageant?

2. For what purpose does the author go out of her way to portray the Herdman children as unteachable?

3. For what reason do the Herdman siblings believe they have found evidence proving Charlie's promises of food at church to be valid?

4. Discuss the author's use of vivid imagery within the scene of the Herdmans' first time at Sunday school.

5. How does the author go about portraying the Herdmans as unteachable?

6. For what purpose does the author use the allusion to "a day of rest" (21) in Chapter Two?

7. What simile does the narrator use to describe the way in which the Herdman children move through Woodrow Wilson School?

8. What level of involvement had Mother expected to have in the pageant prior to taking over as coordinator?

9. What is the symbolism of the Beware of Cat sign in the Herdmans' front yard?

10. What is the narrator's evidence for her claim that the "Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the the history of the world" (1)?

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