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. 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 beaches.
(b) New Jersey hotels.
(c) Inner city apartments.
(d) A traffic jam.

2. What traffic function is common in New Jersey?
(a) Traffic Circles.
(b) Right turn on red.
(c) Higher speed limits.
(d) One way streets.

3. The narrator and his friends have a contest of eating _____________ laxatives.
(a) Ex-Lax.
(b) Boomo-Lax.
(c) Miralax.
(d) Correctol.

4. What does the narrator consider the place he is stranded?
(a) Hell.
(b) Limbo.
(c) Purgatory.
(d) Heaven.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, New Jersey residents are chronic _______________.

2. Where is the narrator traveling as the book opens?

3. Why is Big Al unable to play in the big football game the day after the contest?

4. With whom does the narrator share his favorite snack?

5. What New Jersey food did the narrator eat while in Colorado?

(see the answer key)

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