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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story Two, County Fair!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Old Man find touching when he's looking at the County Fair quilts with his family?
(a) A quilt commemorating beer making.
(b) Seeing a 92-year-old lady making quilt squares.
(c) A quilt commemorating ice hockey.
(d) Seeing Luke Appling on a quilt.

2. The Taylors, who lived next door to the narrator and his family for many years before the Bumpus family moved in, were what?
(a) Educators.
(b) Eccentric.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Circus performers.

3. What is the name of the Indiana town where most of the stories in the book supposedly take place?
(a) Longview.
(b) Hohman.
(c) DeBerne.
(d) Frankton.

4. Who successfully rings the bell at the County Fair strong man exhibit?
(a) The Old Man.
(b) Mother.
(c) Caleb.
(d) Randy.

5. What is the little wooden house with the moon on the door found in the Bumpus' yard?
(a) Guest room.
(b) Gun storage shed.
(c) Dog house.
(d) Moonshine making station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Old Man's greatest nemesis?

2. What is the Old Man's absolute favorite ride at the County Fair?

3. What type of student is Delbert Bumpus?

4. When Randy starts to whine the night before the County Fair, what does Mother promise him?

5. How does the narrator's childhood experience at the County Fair compare to a movie he watches when he's an adult that portrays a State Fair set in Indiana?

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