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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-31, The Posse Rides Again and Leopold Doppler and the Great Orpheum Gravy Boat Riot and The Day Shift Drops By for a Belt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One year, Lud Kissel produced:
(a) The largest Dago bomb anyone had seen.
(b) The largest pile of dynamite anyone had seen.
(c) The largest fire anyone had seen.
(d) The largest cocktail anyone had seen.

2. Who told the author his dream present was a bad idea because it would harm him?
(a) His teacher, his principal, and his neighbor.
(b) His father, his mother, and his brother.
(c) His mother, his teacher, and his best friend.
(d) His mother, his teacher, and Santa.

3. What does Ralph's mom want him to hide when the tax assessor comes for a visit?
(a) The family radio.
(b) The furnace.
(c) The washing machine.
(d) The family car.

4. What is the theme in Chapters 3 and 4?
(a) Coming of age.
(b) Parents versus children.
(c) Young Ralph versus old Ralph.
(d) Outsider looking in.

5. Why do young kids go to Pulaski's store?
(a) To buy baseball cards.
(b) To buy sodas.
(c) To buy penny candy.
(d) To buy gum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Friendly Fred?

2. How can kids figure out the secret message on the radio show?

3. What holiday does the author reflect most on during that first day in Hohman?

4. Who is Sandy?

5. What color is "the Graham?"

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