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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Away in a Manger.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the crowd shocked?
(a) Mary Alice is in one of her new dresses.
(b) An actual baby is in the manger.
(c) Carleen is not wearing anything.
(d) Mildred is standing there with her baby.

2. As a last surprise prior to the program, Grandma presents Mary Alice with what?
(a) A case of makeup.
(b) A new pair of earrings.
(c) A toy crown.
(d) A halo she made from tin cans.

3. Christmas time has arrived, and Miss Butler is having the kids make hot pads from what?
(a) Bottle caps.
(b) Old clothes.
(c) Nylon pantyhose.
(d) Shoe strings.

4. Mary Alice has managed to shed the "____________" reputation.
(a) Dumb girl.
(b) Rich girl.
(c) Poor girl.
(d) Mean girl.

5. The narrator tells the reader that her father lost his job and her brother Joey has joined __________.
(a) The Civilian Conservation Corps.
(b) The military.
(c) A union.
(d) A gang.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grandma, acting quite polite, does what?

2. Grandma and Mary Alice take a load of the treats to the party, and who serves them?

3. Also surprising, they go out and do what?

4. Halloween is a _________ occasion in Grandma's town.

5. What is wrong with Mrs. Abernathy's grown son?

(see the answer key)

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