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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often are the children required to visit the health room to get weighed and measured?
(a) Once a season.
(b) Once a year.
(c) Twice a year.
(d) Once a month.

2. The neighbors around the toolhouse had been worried that it would attract what types of animals, prior to burning to the ground at the hands of the Herdman siblings?
(a) Mice.
(b) Raccoons.
(c) Rats.
(d) Possums.

3. The narrator states that her friend Alice had what kind of hands by age four?
(a) Detergent hands.
(b) Arthritic hands.
(c) Worried hands.
(d) Fidgety hands.

4. What preparations does Claude make when he brings the cat to Show-and-Tell?
(a) He lets the cat go hungry for two days.
(b) He shaves the cat.
(c) He gives the cat a bath.
(d) He dyes the cat a vibrant shade of purple.

5. Prior to Imogene's announcement about the note she has seen about Albert in the nurse's book, how does Albert think he will spend the following summer?
(a) Spending the summer with his Uncle Frank and going to Disneyland.
(b) Spending the summer making up work in summer school.
(c) Spending the summer at horse camp.
(d) Spending the summer working as a lifeguard at the water park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where other people have grass in their yards, the Herdmans have what?

2. What symptom does Imogene tell the school nurse her brother Ollie has been displaying?

3. What sensory detail does the narrator NOT describe experiencing, pointing to the conclusion that the usual pageant coordinator has been injured?

4. What proclamation does Mother make about Charlie's comment about his favorite part of Sunday School?

5. How does Father feel about attending the Christmas pageant?

(see the answer key)

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