A Year Down Yonder Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Richard Peck
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 133 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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A Year Down Yonder Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Richard Peck
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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. Why does Grandma believe Mary Alice will not get beat up?
(a) Without a horse or shoes, Mildred will not attend school.
(b) Mildred has been put in her place.
(c) Mildred is too afraid of Grandma.
(d) Mildred will be too embarrassed to go to school the next day.

2. Grandma comes out of the cobhouse, frightening the boys, and covers the leader in what?
(a) The sauce.
(b) The glue.
(c) The tar.
(d) The soup.

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

4. Mary Alice figures Mildred will do what to her at school tomorrow?
(a) Beat her up.
(b) Tease her.
(c) Ignore her.
(d) Befriend her.

5. What happens when Augie aims his gun at the fleeing rabbit?
(a) The rabbit races underneath a parked car, and Augie winds up shooting out the new tire of the car.
(b) He changes his mind and does not shoot at the rabbit.
(c) He hits his target.
(d) Mary Alice screams at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Until the family recovers financially, the narrator will have to live with ________________ in an unnamed town.

2. At _____________ o' clock, everyone stops to observe a minute of silence for Armistice Day.

3. Mary Alice has a Halloween party at school, and Grandma decides to do what?

4. How old is the narrator?

5. Instead, what does Grandma do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a main reason for why Mary Alice does not want to move in with her grandmother? Why might she feel this way?

2. How does Grandma greet Mary Alice? Why might she act this way?

3. How does Grandma handle these pranksters?

4. How does Old Man Nyquist upset Grandma?

5. How does Mildred go about attempting to collect the dollar from Mary Alice? What does this reveal about Mildred?

6. Where does Mary Alice go directly after arriving in town? What is happening there when Mary Alice arrives?

7. What happens to Bootsie one night? Why does this happen?

8. How can Mary Alice now find out who the pranksters were?

9. How does Grandma get back at Old Man Nyquist? Should she have done this? Why or why not?

10. How has Bootsie changed since he moved in with Grandma? What has led to this change?

(see the answer keys)

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