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

2. The next day, Grandma negotiates a good deal for the hides with whom?
(a) Augie Fluke.
(b) The local fur broker.
(c) The Burdick family.
(d) A neighbor.

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

4. The man was sent by the government as part of the ________________ administration's ambitious public works project.
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Hoover.
(c) Grant.
(d) Roosevelt.

5. To everyone's consternation, Maxine Patch bounds down the stairs how?
(a) Quickly and quietly.
(b) Naked except for a long black snake wrapped around her neck.
(c) Dancing and laughing.
(d) Singing at the top of her lungs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Valentine's Day is coming. Around this time, Mary Alice has been secretly doing what?

2. In a final Christmas surprise, Grandma did what?

3. When do Mary Alice and Royce meet?

4. One day in the cold of _____________, Mrs. Weidenbach knocks at the door.

5. Why does the chorus practice sound awful?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might the townspeople act this way toward this strange man?

2. How does Mrs. Weidenbach act when Grandma agrees to bake the tarts, if the meeting is held at Grandma's home? Why does she react this way?

3. What does Grandma do to pay the bills and survive during the Great Depression? How is this foreshadowed?

4. How is Mary Alice's date interrupted? How is this foreshadowed?

5. Why is this man in town? What does Grandma think of this?

6. What is learned about Mrs. Weidenbach? How is this significant?

7. How do the girls react when a new boy enrolls in school? How does Mary Alice act? Why might she act this way?

8. How does Grandma initially respond to Mrs. Weidenbach's request? Why?

9. How has Mary Alice's relationship with the other girls changed? In what ways has it stayed the same?

10. What does Bootsie bring back to Mary Alice? Why might he do this?

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