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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Imogene tells Albert that she has seen the nurse's note about him, how does she say he will be spending the following summer?
(a) Spending the summer in physical therapy for scoliosis.
(b) Spending the summer at aikido camp.
(c) Spending the summer making up work in summer school.
(d) Spending the summer at fat camp.

2. Who is the youngest child in the Herdman family?
(a) Leroy.
(b) Gladys.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Ollie.

3. What tactic does the narrator name as the best way to avoid contact with Imogene?
(a) Sitting in the front of the classroom.
(b) Remaining completely nondescript.
(c) Walking by the river on the way to and from school.
(d) Doing Imogene's homework for her.

4. Who is the oldest child in the Herdman family?
(a) Ollie.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Leroy.
(d) Gladys.

5. The narrator is in the same grade as which of the Herdman siblings?
(a) Claude.
(b) Ollie.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Imogene.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare "those South American fish that strip your bones clean in three minutes flat" (6)?

2. For what reason does the narrator say Miss Brandel had passed Claude on to second grade even though he had not mastered the required skills?

3. What is the name of the school nurse?

4. The narrator begins the novel by declaring that "the Herdmans were absolutely the" what "kids in the history of the world" (1)?

5. What preparations does Claude make when he brings the cat to Show-and-Tell?

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