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

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 ice hockey.
(b) Seeing Luke Appling on a quilt.
(c) Seeing a 92-year-old lady making quilt squares.
(d) A quilt commemorating beer making.

2. Who is Iron Man Gabruzzi's arch-rival?
(a) Walt Whedbe.
(b) Anthony Dombruni.
(c) Joe Firebender.
(d) Duke Grunion.

3. When the narrator visits a museum as an adult, what special item does he find?
(a) A skateboard donated by a famous sports star.
(b) A top believed to have belonged to a former President.
(c) A softball signed by his favorite ballplayer.
(d) A yo-yo used by the 1964 yo-yo world champion.

4. Who is Scut Farkas?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Bully.
(c) Narrator's best friend.
(d) Narrator's cousin.

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

6. What marks the start of the Shepherd-Bumpus feud?
(a) Mr. Bumpus rams his truck into the Old Man's porch.
(b) The Old Man calls the Bumpus family country hicks.
(c) The ham is taken by the hounds.
(d) Blaring country music is played every night.

7. What kind of top is the narrator looking for?
(a) Sparking top.
(b) Fighting top.
(c) Red top.
(d) Special edition top.

8. Where does the Bumpus family like to go shopping?
(a) Garage sales.
(b) City dump.
(c) Thrift store.
(d) Farmers' market.

9. After being greeted by a woman wearing a black shawl, what does the narrator ask for?
(a) Cup of coffee.
(b) Directions.
(c) A top.
(d) His lost baseball.

10. When Farkas starts walking away from the narrator after their first top spinning contest, what does the narrator do?
(a) Spends another two weeks practicing to improve his technique.
(b) Runs after Farkas and tackles him to the ground.
(c) Laughs at his opponent, calling him a chicken.
(d) Brings out his best top and throws it with an ominous spin.

11. When the narrator starts spinning tops against opponents other than Scut, what does he use?
(a) Borrowed tops.
(b) Broken tops.
(c) Lesser quality tops.
(d) His best top.

12. What does Farkas mean when he challenges the narrator to play for keeps?
(a) Winner keeps the tops; the loser keeps away from the playground.
(b) Both tops are released into a circle, and the first one to leave the circle loses.
(c) Whoever loses the next round is never allowed to spin tops on the playground again.
(d) Whoever wins gets to take and keep the opponent's top.

13. When the Old Man gets himself a beer at the fair, what does he get for his older son?
(a) Banana milkshake.
(b) Orange Nehi.
(c) Spiced cider.
(d) Shirley Temple.

14. On Saturday night, right before the family trip to Michigan, what does the Old Man say about their departure?
(a) They need to sleep in their clothes so they can leave early.
(b) Everything that 's going with them must be left by the door.
(c) They'll leave at four-thirty in the morning.
(d) They'll leave by six in the morning.

15. Where does the narrator's family stay during their vacations in Clear Lake, Michigan?
(a) A semi-permanent tent.
(b) A houseboat.
(c) Jack Morton's cabin.
(d) Ollie Hopnoodle's resort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the little wooden house with the moon on the door found in the Bumpus' yard?

2. What happens during the Old Man's favorite ride at the fair?

3. At the end of Story Four, what does the reader learn about the narrator's fishing gear?

4. Once the Shepherds get to the County Fair, Randy accompanies his mother to see what?

5. How does the narrator describe the sound that his spinning top makes?

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