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Kids Quiz: The Agony of Alice: 10 Questions | Kid Lit Authors

This quiz is about the funny book 'The Agony of Alice' by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.

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

Author
LilSpikey

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
60,286

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
505

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. For whom did Alice write a poem ? Hint

her kindergarden teacher

Aunt Sally

her father

the milkman

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where did Alice hide the picture of Saint Agnes? Hint

in her backpack

under her matress

in her closet

under the sofa

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was her teacher? Hint

Mr. Edgecomb

Miss Cole

Mrs. Plotkin

Mr. Weber

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Question 4 of 10

4. What does Alice buy for Miss Cole? Hint

a basket

a necklace

earrings

a hair barrette

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Question 5 of 10

5. What costume for Halloween do Alice and Pamela wear? Hint

a camel

a dragon

a horse

a caterpillar

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Question 6 of 10

6. What did Alice do to Pamela at the Christmas play that made her cry? Hint

stepped on her foot

pulled her hair

slapped her

shoved her

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who cut Alice's hair? Hint

Aunt Sally

Carol

Pamela

Elizebeth

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Question 8 of 10

8. What did Alice do with the dress from Aunt Sally? Hint

kept it

left it with Aunt Sally

gave it to a clothes donation

put it in a trash can

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Question 9 of 10

9. With whom does she share the same birthday? Hint

Miss Cole

Aunt Sally

Mrs. Plotkin

Pamela

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Question 10 of 10

10. What does Alice receive from Mrs. Plotkin at the end of the school year? Hint

the globe

a one pointed pair of scisors

a half jar of paste

a ring

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. For whom did Alice write a poem ?

Answer: the milkman

When she was in third grade, she noticed how upset the milkman was after the company stopped delivering, so she wrote a poem.

2. Where did Alice hide the picture of Saint Agnes?

Answer: under her matress

Right after Alice had moved, she found a picture of Saint Agnes on the road, which belonged to Elizabeth.

3. Who was her teacher?

Answer: Mrs. Plotkin

She wanted Miss Cole for a teacher, and she even went down to the office saying she thought she was supposed to have had Miss Cole.

4. What does Alice buy for Miss Cole?

Answer: a hair barrette

She gets a hair barrette that looks like a turtle shell from the Melody Inn to give to Miss Cole after lunch.

5. What costume for Halloween do Alice and Pamela wear?

Answer: a horse

They wear it to the Halloween parade and Alice accidentally steps on Miss Cole's arm and leaves.

6. What did Alice do to Pamela at the Christmas play that made her cry?

Answer: pulled her hair

After Alice left the horse costume, Pamela began wanting to help Mrs. Plotkin in the afternoons, too, and wanting the teacher's attention. At the Christmas play, Pamela got the part Alice wanted to do, but Alice couldn't sing.

7. Who cut Alice's hair?

Answer: Carol

As soon as Alice arrived in Chicago, Aunt Sally said that she wanted her daughter Carol to give Alice a haircut.

8. What did Alice do with the dress from Aunt Sally?

Answer: gave it to a clothes donation

It was a lace covered white dress and she didn't think it was right for her, so she gave it to a clothes donation for children at the train station.

9. With whom does she share the same birthday?

Answer: Miss Cole

When the class gives a cake to Miss Cole, it has written on it 'Happy Birthday Miss Cole and Alice'.

10. What does Alice receive from Mrs. Plotkin at the end of the school year?

Answer: a ring

Pamela gets the globe and Alice stays behind helping Mrs. Plotkin, and Mrs. Plotkin gives her a ring which was passed down from her great grandmother, because she didn't have a daughter of her own.

Source: Author LilSpikey

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