The Boxcar Children

Why did the children leave the bakery?

• The decided they should go to Greenfield to find Mr. Alden.

• A nosy customer kept asking Henry and Jessie a lot of questions.

• The baker's wife was going to put Benny in the Children's Home.

• The baker yelled at them when they didn't have money to pay for the bread.

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Jesse found the boxcar just after?

• Violet tripped and twisted her ankle.

• Henry said the children could try to build a tree house.

• She followed a rabbit down a narrow path.

• She heard thunder and saw it was going to rain.

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What did Jessie do when the dog came out of the woods?

• She fed it a large chunk of cheese.

• She pulled a thorn out of its paw.

• She used the cake of soap to clean its matted hair.

• She rolled up some of the blue cloth to make a collar for it.

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What was the first treasure Benny found in the dump?

• a straw hat

• a wheel

• a broom

• a penny

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Benny did a lot of the work on the "building," which was a?

• wooden platform at the edge of the brook

• birdhouse the children hung from a tree branch

• doghouse for Watch

• fireplace made of flat stones

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Henry used the hammer and nails to build a?

• weaving loom for Violet

• workbench for Dr. Moore

• drying rack for the dishes

• cart for Benny

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How did Henry get twenty-five dollars?

• He sold the wooden dolls he had carved.

• On Field Day, he won a race called the free-for-all.

• At a carnival in Silver City, he hit the bullseye on a dartboard.

• A woman gave him a reward for finding her wallet.

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Why did Henry run into town and go to Dr. Moore's house?

• Benny cut himself with scissors.

• Watch's leg was caught in a trap.

• Jessie burned her hand.

• Violet was very sick.

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What did Henry finally remember about Mr. Alden?

• He was the man who had bought ten bags of cherries from Henry.

• He had given Henry the twenty-five dollar prize and the silver cup.

• He had asked Henry a question inside the bakery.

• He looked like the man in a photo Henry had seen.

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When Mr. Alden said the surprise was ready, the children saw that?

• He had bought new dishes and beds for the boxcar.

• He had built four tiny models of the boxcar.

• Workers had repaired the holes in the boxcar's roof.

• The boxcar had been moved to one of his gardens.

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