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. To what does the narrator compare the Margate Elephant?
(a) Frisch's Big Boy.
(b) Shrek.
(c) The Statue of Liberty.
(d) Shamu.

2. Who is the scholarly one in the narrator's dorm?
(a) Goldberg.
(b) Umbaugh.
(c) Morrison.
(d) Dagellio.

3. How does the narrator view the foibles of mankind in his corner of the world?
(a) With love.
(b) With hate.
(c) With disregard.
(d) With irritation.

4. What about Big Al Dagellio irritates the narrator?
(a) He snores like a tugboat.
(b) He chews with his mouth open.
(c) He calls Fig Newtons cookies.
(d) He never brushes his teeth.

5. According to the narrator, New Jerseyites are bound together as _______________.
(a) A clan.
(b) A species.
(c) Survivors.
(d) Freaks of nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first boy to leave the contest?

2. The narrator and his friends have a contest of eating _____________ laxatives.

3. How did the narrator pay for college expenses?

4. What is the building made to look like a ship near the New Jersey highway?

5. What does the narrator say is always the butt of comedians' jokes?

(see the answer key)

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