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The Bee Tree Quiz
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1) When Mary Ellen complained about reading, what did her Grampa suggest they do instead?
Play checkers or monopoly.
Go for a swim in the pond.
Homework.
Find a bee tree.
2) What did Grampa trap inside of a jar?
Crickets.
Fireflies.
Worms.
Several bees.
3) Why did Grampa let just one bee escape?
He didn't want to keep it trapped in the jar.
So they could follow it back to the hive.
The bee was hungry.
It was the queen bee and she was angry.
4) Who was Mrs. Govlock walking when she decided to follow Mary Ellen and Grampa?
Baby Sylvester in his carriage.
Her prize-winning poodle.
Her pet goat, Sylvester.
Baby Mary Ellen in her stroller.
5) Einar Tundevold came around the bend on his squeaky old, what?
Motorcycle.
Rollerblades.
Einar was the name of the duck that followed along.
Bike.
6) Who was strolling on the shore with the Hermann sisters, Petra and Dorma?
Mary Ellen.
Patricia Polacco.
Baby Sylvester.
Olav Lundheigen.
7) Bertha Fitchworth, who was fixing her car, had just returned from where?
Mary Ellen's home.
The bee tree.
An expedition in the Yukon.
The 24-hour grocery store.
8) When Feduciary Longdrop tooted his flute, what happened?
Everyone stopped running to watch.
His goats began to jump up and down.
A snake appeared at his side.
His goats joined in the chase.
9) How many traveling musicians joined in the chase?
Six.
None.
Twenty.
Three.
10) Where did the bee lead everyone to?
Right back to Mary Ellen's backyard.
To a tree by the schoolyard.
The bee tree in Dunks Woods.
To the bee tree outside of the woods.
11) What did Grampa say Mary Ellen must chase through the pages of a book?
Knowledge.
Wisdom.
Adventure.
All answers are correct.
12) What did Mary Ellen find to be as exciting as the chase for the bee tree?
Late-night television.
Saturday morning cartoons.
Reading.
School.
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