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. What is Augie Fluke intent on proving to Mary Alice?
(a) He is a good shot.
(b) He is smart.
(c) He is handsome.
(d) He can dance.

2. Instead, what does Grandma do?
(a) She goes for jam in the cellar.
(b) She unhitches Mildred's horse and hangs Mildred's shoes on the horse.
(c) She tells the neighbor of Mildred's plans.
(d) She finds Mildred's mother.

3. Finally home, Grandma cuts the food open with what?
(a) An electric saw.
(b) A carving knife.
(c) The pranksters' handsaw.
(d) A butter knife.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the principal's son?

2. Mary Alice has to share a desk with whom?

3. This farmer told Grandma she could have any ___________ that fell from his tree, but hardly any are on the ground.

4. What is humorous about the answer to number 59?

5. A forlorn Mary Alice informs Grandma of ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grandma think about Halloween? Why does she feel this way? Why would the reader probably not be surprised by this?

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

3. What does Grandma do instead of participating in the sharpshooting competition? Why might she do this?

4. Why does Mary Alice move in with her grandmother? What does this reveal about the Great Depression?

5. What does Mary Alice bring to Grandma's house? Why does she bring this?

6. How does Grandma continue to taunt the pranksters during the party? How might the pranksters feel about this?

7. How does Grandma defeat Mildred, the bully? What lesson does this teach Mary Alice?

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

9. What is theme is strong in this section? Support your response with information from this section.

10. What is burgoo stew? How might this represent life during the Great Depression?

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