A Fistful of Fig Newtons Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Jean Shepherd
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Fistful of Fig Newtons Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

Jean Shepherd
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Light at the End of the Tunnel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first boy to leave the contest?
(a) Goldberg.
(b) Big Al.
(c) Umbaugh.
(d) The narrator.

2. What is the narrator talking about when he says that one man sneezing blew the top off his next door neighbor's sandwich?
(a) New Jersey hotels.
(b) A traffic jam.
(c) Inner city apartments.
(d) New Jersey beaches.

3. With whom does the narrator share his favorite snack?
(a) Max and Pig Out.
(b) Pig Out and Pauli.
(c) Jocko and Big Al.
(d) Pig Out and Big Al.

4. What does Umbaugh offer to do after the contest?
(a) Wash the narrator's car.
(b) Do his friends' laundry.
(c) Take an exam for Big Al.
(d) Buy breakfast for his friends.

5. On what round of the contest does Big Al collapse?
(a) 14th.
(b) 7th.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 10th.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the narrator's car in the Lincoln Tunnel?

2. The narrator now understands that _______________ bet against the school team and disabled the star player in the laxative contest.

3. According to the narrator, New Jerseyites are bound together as _______________.

4. What wooden animal stands on a beach?

5. What did each boy bet in the contest?

(see the answer key)

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