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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the school the narrator attends?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) James K. Polk.
(c) Chester A. Arthur.
(d) Warren G. Harding.

3. For how many years does the Shepherd family take its annual pilgrimage to Clear Lake?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eighteen.

4. How does the narrator describe the sound that his spinning top makes?
(a) Cold and hissing, like a snake.
(b) Loud and wailing, like a ghost.
(c) Bold and thunderous, like a storm.
(d) Stealthy and quiet, like a ninja.

5. Which of the following are NOT found in the Bumpus' yard?
(a) Rats.
(b) Hounds.
(c) Peacocks.
(d) Chickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Old Man feel about the farming exhibits at the County Fair?

2. For the family's Michigan trip, what does the Old Man pack into the Sears luggage rack on the car roof?

3. What does the Old Man do two weeks prior to the family's departure for their annual Michigan vacation?

4. When the narrator realizes he forgot to pack something for the Michigan trip, where does he remember leaving it?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the narrator prepares for his spinning tops battle against Farkas.

2. Which member of the narrator's family seems to be the most excited at the County Fair?

3. At the end of the Shepherd family's County Fair excursion, what is the Old Man's assessment?

4. Describe the conditions inside the car during the drive to Clear Lake, Michigan.

5. Describe the yard of the Bumpus family.

6. Where does the narrator find a top worthy of a battle against Scut Farkas, the school's bully and master top spinner?

7. What happens after the narrator uses a dummy top and lets Farkas win the first round?

8. How does Delbert Bumpus disrupt life at school?

9. Describe the Shepherd family's annual summer vacation.

10. Describe the race that the Old Man and the narrator watch at the County Fair.

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