The Night the Bed Fell/Stolen Day Quiz

In “Stolen Day,” when do the narrator’s legs begin to hurt?

• after a long day on the playing field

• after an accident at recess

• after he sees Walter fishing

• after tripping on the way to school

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In “Stolen Day,” why does the narrator’s pain begin to go away as he walks away from the school?

• The exercise warms his muscles and eases the stiffness of his joints.

• The farther from the school he gets, the less he thinks about his pain.

• At first he walks uphill, so when the road levels off, walking becomes easier.

• He is trying to be brave, and he is using willpower to make the pain go away.

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What does the narrator of “Stolen Day” mean when he describes himself as “pretty sore at Mother”?

• He knows that she is in pain.

• He loves her and misses her.

• He feels hurt because she scolded him.

• He is angry with her for ignoring him.

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How does the narrator of “Stolen Day” feel after he catches the big carp?

• proud

• disappointed

• ashamed

• panicky

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The narrator of “Stolen Day” says that his family often laughs at him. How does he react when they do?

• He wishes he were an orphan.

• He dislikes everyone he knows.

• He appreciates the attention.

• He dislikes being teased.

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When the narrator of “Stolen Day” tells his family he has inflammatory rheumatism, their reactions make him

• cry and run upstairs.

• feel better in his legs.

• want to go fishing again.

• want to visit Walter.

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What does the last line from “Stolen Day” say about the narrator?

I was sick all right, but the aching I now had wasn’t in my legs or in my back.

• He has more health problems than he thought.

• His mother needs to take him to a doctor.

• He is feeling embarrassed by his family.

• His headache is getting worse in his room.

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According to “The Night the Bed Fell,” the narrator’s aunt believes that burglars have been getting into her house every night for forty years. Which word best describes this belief?

• reasonable

• untruthful

• understandable

• unreasonable

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What starts the confusion in “The Night the Bed Fell”?

• Burglars enter the narrator’s aunt’s house.

• Briggs Beall stops breathing while he sleeps.

• The cot the narrator is sleeping on collapses.

• Gracie Shoaf throws her shoes down the hall.

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What can you conclude about Briggs Beall in “The Night the Bed Fell”?

• He is sleeping soundly through the yelling.

• He has stopped breathing.

• He is dreaming of demons.

• He is awakened easily by the mother.

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