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

2. According to the narrator, American culture builds up what kind of ideas?
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Utopian.
(c) Implausible.
(d) Stupid.

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

4. In what city landmark is the narrator stalled?
(a) Chrysler Building.
(b) Empire State Building.
(c) Lincoln Tunnel.
(d) Brooklyn Bridge.

5. What did each boy bet in the contest?
(a) $100.
(b) $5.
(c) $20.
(d) $50.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wooden animal stands on a beach?

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

3. What name does the narrator say to call him even though it is not his real name?

4. What about Big Al Dagellio irritates the narrator?

5. What is the narrator talking about when he says that one man sneezing blew the top off his next door neighbor's sandwich?

(see the answer key)

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