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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story 8, Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the Shepherd-Bumpus feud last?
(a) Until the narrator goes off to college.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Until the Bumpus family moves away.
(d) Nine years.

2. What daredevil act do a couple of skinny blond girls perform at the County Fair?
(a) Roman riding on horseback.
(b) Jumping through a wall of fire.
(c) High diving into a pool.
(d) Exchanging motorcycles in midair.

3. As an adult, the narrator lives in what type of dwelling?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A penthouse.
(c) Low-income housing.
(d) A house.

4. On the family road trip, where do the narrator and his brother fit in a car that is so full of supplies?
(a) The front seat with Mother and the Old Man.
(b) The tiny travel trailer hitched to the car.
(c) Sitting on top of the cooler in the far back.
(d) Two tiny cubicles inside the vehicle.

5. Where do most kids get their tops from?
(a) Sears.
(b) Hopnoodle's store.
(c) Pulaski's shop.
(d) Mail order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What marks the start of the Shepherd-Bumpus feud?

2. The winner of the spinning top battle between Farkas and the narrator could very well do what?

3. How many Bumpuses move next door to the narrator and his family?

4. What happens to the adult narrator's childhood fire chief hat?

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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