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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After school, how does Mildred follow Mary Alice?
(a) On a motorcycle.
(b) On a bike.
(c) In a car.
(d) On a horse.

2. Some ___________ come to the cobhouse and fall over the wire that Grandma strung.
(a) Hallowers.
(b) Halloweenies.
(c) Ghosties.
(d) Halloweeners.

3. The pies turn the party from _______________.
(a) Large to small.
(b) Games to food.
(c) Fun to pathetic.
(d) Pathetic to fun.

4. What is the purpose of Armistice Day?
(a) It commemorates the end of World War I.
(b) It commemorates the end of World War II.
(c) It commemorates the day the Civil War ended.
(d) It commemorates the day the U.S. took up arms against Great Britain during the Revolutionary War.

5. She has them take off their shoes, and then she gives the girls buttermilk and __________.
(a) Pie.
(b) Corn bread.
(c) Biscuits.
(d) Fried chicken.

6. Grandma intimidates ________________ into paying more for the stew.
(a) Everyone.
(b) The men.
(c) All who can afford it.
(d) The poor.

7. Until the family recovers financially, the narrator will have to live with ________________ in an unnamed town.
(a) Aunt Suzie.
(b) Grandma Dowdel.
(c) Uncle Harold.
(d) Grandma Smith.

8. What is burgoo stew?
(a) A stew made from burgoo.
(b) A beef stew.
(c) A stew made from scraps of whatever vegetables and trimmings happen to be available.
(d) A deer stew.

9. The teacher is reading ____________ when Mary Alice enters the class.
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Louisa May Alcott.

10. In a dank basement, they discover ______________, who is doubling as a janitor.
(a) Mary Alice's brother, Joey.
(b) Another high school student, Augie Fluke.
(c) The principal, August Fluke.
(d) An English teacher, Miss Butler.

11. Halloween is a _________ occasion in Grandma's town.
(a) Huge.
(b) Minor.
(c) Small.
(d) Non-existent.

12. Mrs. Pensinger comes back for seconds on what?
(a) The pumpkin pie.
(b) The corn pudding.
(c) The almond cookies.
(d) The apple pie.

13. Because of Grandma's intimidation tactics at lunch, Mrs. Abernathy will be able to survive for how long?
(a) The month.
(b) The week.
(c) The year.
(d) Six months.

14. Mary Alice has a Halloween party at school, and Grandma decides to do what?
(a) Buy her treats to share.
(b) Bake pumpkin and pecan pies for it.
(c) Make her a costume.
(d) GIve her apples for bobbing.

15. What is wrong with Mrs. Abernathy's grown son?
(a) He is unable to talk.
(b) He is lying in his bed, moaning.
(c) He is on crutches.
(d) He is in a wheelchair, blinded, and mentally ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary Alice accompanies Grandma upstairs for what reason?

2. For how long does Halloween go on?

3. Next, Grandma and Mary Alice travel to the _______________ residence.

4. Grandma dodges Mary Alice's question of what?

5. What has caused Mrs. Abernathy's son's illness?

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