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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Glenn have for lunch at school?
(a) Whatever he can steal from home.
(b) Whatever the others will share.
(c) Apples and cheese.
(d) Whatever he kills and cooks in the yard.

2. What does Flopears use to pump water into to put out the privy fire?
(a) A pail.
(b) His shoe.
(c) His hat.
(d) A bowl.

3. In Chapter 11, what week of school does Russell think will be his last?
(a) 5th.
(b) 4th.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 2nd.

4. What type of wood does Russell's father have for him in Chapter 9?
(a) Pine.
(b) Maple.
(c) Oak.
(d) Walnut.

5. What does Glenn Tarbox ask Russell to get when J.W. gets into trouble with an animal?
(a) Stick 6 inches long.
(b) Water.
(c) Stick 3 or 4 inches long.
(d) Rag.

6. When was a law enacted that says children between 6 and 16 have to go to school?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1901.

7. What covers a table on the Tarboxes porch?
(a) An old shirt.
(b) Map of the world.
(c) Oilcloth.
(d) An old dress.

8. What is Little Britches' real name?
(a) Marilyn.
(b) Grace.
(c) Patience.
(d) Beulah.

9. What is Russell supposed to be spelling in Chapter 12 when a commotion is heard from outside?
(a) Capital of Delaware.
(b) Capital of Minnesota.
(c) Capital of Iowa.
(d) Capital of Florida.

10. How long does Charlie's hand have to remain in a bandage?
(a) October.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) December.
(d) Halloween.

11. What does bust does Eugene Hammond send the school in Chapter 13?
(a) Plaster bust of George Washington.
(b) Plaster bust of Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Plaster bust of Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Plaster bust of Abraham Lincoln.

12. How much does Russell think the school stove weighs?
(a) 1/3 of a ton.
(b) 1/2 of a ton.
(c) 300 pounds.
(d) 500 pounds.

13. When Tansy comes to Russell and Lloyd's room the night after the fire, what word is she disappointed Lloyd could not spell?
(a) Derision.
(b) Cower.
(c) Beseech.
(d) Expectorate.

14. How does Tansy get Charlie and Glenn to stop fighting?
(a) Rings the bell.
(b) Gets the other students to help her pull them off one another.
(c) Kicks them.
(d) Throws rocks at them.

15. During what battle does Aunt Fanny Hamline say her husband carried the rifle she has to shoot thieves?
(a) Battle of Chicamauga.
(b) Battle of Carthage.
(c) Battle of Rich Mountain.
(d) Battle of Sewell's Point.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accidentally throws a ball and hits Charlie?

2. How old was Russell's mother when she married his dad?

3. In Chapter 10, what state does Little Britches learn to spell?

4. What does Charlie break during the fight with Glenn?

5. What rural district did Eugene Hammon come from?

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