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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Ralph captivated by words in class?
(a) When Miss Bryfogel tells them class is over.
(b) When Miss Bryfogel reads a book.
(c) When Miss Bryfogel reads Ralph's theme aloud.
(d) When Miss Bryfogel reads poetry.

2. What was Ralph's punishment for damaging "the Graham"?
(a) Loads of guilt.
(b) He had to wash the car.
(c) He was not punished.
(d) He had to clean the house.

3. What does Ralph think about the book he found in his parents' room?
(a) He hates the book.
(b) He likes the book.
(c) He thinks it is funny.
(d) He does not understand the words.

4. Pulaski was not in a charitable mood one time when Ralph went to buy candy. What did he make Ralph do?
(a) Buy gum with every jawbreaker.
(b) Buy one red jawbreaker for every black jawbreaker.
(c) Give some of his candy to his little brother.
(d) Stand in line longer than usual.

5. What did Ralph learn about life, commercialism, and capitalism?
(a) It is all about being able to choose your own candy.
(b) It is all about supply and demand.
(c) It is all about being an adult.
(d) It is all about having options.

6. Who pays for "the Graham's" damages?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Friendly Fred.
(c) The lot owner.
(d) The Old Man.

7. What is a sousaphone?
(a) A type of vehicle.
(b) A telephone.
(c) A type of whistle.
(d) A wearable tuba.

8. What color is "the Graham?"
(a) Dark green.
(b) Pale blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Midnight blue.

9. Why is Wilbur Duckworth hated by all?
(a) He has too much money.
(b) He's egotistical, yet a social outcast.
(c) He tells dirty jokes.
(d) He talks too loudly.

10. What did Ralph call the summer that his father had a problem with his show?
(a) The year the furnace struck back.
(b) The year the pinwheel struck back.
(c) The year the BBQ struck back.
(d) The year the Roman candle struck back.

11. What instrument was Ralph playing when it malfunctioned?
(a) The drums.
(b) The sousaphone.
(c) The batons.
(d) The saxaphone.

12. Who else, besides Ralph, is an outsider looking in during Chapter 24?
(a) The parade crowd.
(b) Flick.
(c) Duckworth.
(d) The entire school band.

13. Who is Janis?
(a) Ralph's old teacher.
(b) Flick's wife.
(c) A bar patron.
(d) A doctor's wife.

14. What is "the Graham?"
(a) A bowling alley.
(b) The Old Man's nickname.
(c) A used car lot.
(d) The beloved Parker family car.

15. How does Ralph describe auction followers?
(a) Human storage units.
(b) Human cash registers.
(c) Human worms.
(d) Human vultures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Wilbur Duckworth?

2. What does Ralph feel when he watches halftime shows on televised football games?

3. Who does Ralph's father complain to about the damages?

4. In the Midwest, Ralph says that storytelling revolved around:

5. Why do Ralph and Flick get nervous when they look at cash?

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