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Alexander's Bad Day Trivia Quiz

Answer these questions about the book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day."

A multiple-choice quiz by lovesmoodies. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
lovesmoodies

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
90,112

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
670

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote this book? Hint

Judith Viorst

Peggy Rathmann

Audrey Wood

Kevin Henkes

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the very first thing bad that happened to Alexander? Hint

He overslept

He fell out of bed

He woke up with gum in his hair

He had a bad dream

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Question 3 of 10

3. What did Alexander find in his cereal box? Hint

A junior undercover agent code ring

cereal

A Corvette Sting Ray car kit

A baseball card

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Question 4 of 10

4. To where does Alexander think he will move? Hint

South America

India

Australia

Austria

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Question 5 of 10

5. What happened in the car that made Alexander upset? Hint

His seatbelt would not work

He shut his hand in the door

His mom yelled at him

He did not get to sit by the window

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Question 6 of 10

6. What did Alexander draw a picture of at school? (His teacher did not like it!) Hint

Boys fighting

A light saber

A rocket ship

An invisible castle

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Question 7 of 10

7. What number did Alexander leave out while counting? Hint

Twelve

Fifteen

Sixteen

Ten

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Question 8 of 10

8. What happened at lunch to make Alexander upset? Hint

He forgot his lunch money

He got into a fight

He was sick to his stomach

His mom forgot to pack dessert

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Question 9 of 10

9. How many cavities did Alexander have when he went to the dentist after school? Hint

one

none

five

two

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Question 10 of 10

10. What color shoes did Alexander get? Hint

red with white stripes

white with blue stripes

plain white

blue with red stripes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote this book?

Answer: Judith Viorst

Judith Viorst has also written twelve children's books, among them the classic "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day". A graduate of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, she is the recipient of several awards for her journalism and psychological writings.

2. What was the very first thing bad that happened to Alexander?

Answer: He woke up with gum in his hair

Poor Alexander fell asleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with it in his hair!

3. What did Alexander find in his cereal box?

Answer: cereal

His brothers both found cool things in their cereal boxes, but Alexander only found cereal!

4. To where does Alexander think he will move?

Answer: Australia

He thinks he will move to Australia! He repeats this several times in the book.

5. What happened in the car that made Alexander upset?

Answer: He did not get to sit by the window

Mrs. Gibson let Becky have a seat by the window. Audrey and Elliott got seats by the window too. Alexander did not get a seat by the window.

6. What did Alexander draw a picture of at school? (His teacher did not like it!)

Answer: An invisible castle

Mrs. Dickens liked Paul's picture of the horse much better than Alexander's picture of the invisible castle.

7. What number did Alexander leave out while counting?

Answer: Sixteen

Who needs sixteen?

8. What happened at lunch to make Alexander upset?

Answer: His mom forgot to pack dessert

Phillip Parker got two cupcakes. Albert got a Hershey bar with almonds. Paul had a jelly roll with little coconut sprinkles on top. Poor Alexander!

9. How many cavities did Alexander have when he went to the dentist after school?

Answer: one

Dr. Fields found a cavity only in Alexander. His brothers did not have cavities.

10. What color shoes did Alexander get?

Answer: plain white

Alexander chose blue ones with red stripes, but they were all sold out! He had to settle for plain old white shoes.

Source: Author lovesmoodies

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