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The Boxcar Children

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the children leave the bakery?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

2.

Jesse found the boxcar just after?

a)

Violet tripped and twisted her ankle.

b)

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

c)

She followed a rabbit down a narrow path.

d)

She heard thunder and saw it was going to rain.

3.

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

a)

She fed it a large chunk of cheese.

b)

She pulled a thorn out of its paw.

c)

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

d)

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

4.

What was the first treasure Benny found in the dump?

a)

a straw hat

b)

a wheel

c)

a broom

d)

a penny

5.

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

a)

wooden platform at the edge of the brook

b)

birdhouse the children hung from a tree branch

c)

doghouse for Watch

d)

fireplace made of flat stones

6.

Henry used the hammer and nails to build a?

a)

weaving loom for Violet

b)

workbench for Dr. Moore

c)

drying rack for the dishes

d)

cart for Benny

7.

How did Henry get twenty-five dollars?

a)

He sold the wooden dolls he had carved.

b)

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

c)

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

d)

A woman gave him a reward for finding her wallet.

8.

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

a)

Benny cut himself with scissors.

b)

Watch's leg was caught in a trap.

c)

Jessie burned her hand.

d)

Violet was very sick.

9.

What did Henry finally remember about Mr. Alden?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

He had asked Henry a question inside the bakery.

d)

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

10.

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

a)

He had bought new dishes and beds for the boxcar.

b)

He had built four tiny models of the boxcar.

c)

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

d)

The boxcar had been moved to one of his gardens.