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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Marathon Run of Lonesome Ernie, the Arkansas Traveler.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the boys when they are in search of clues?
(a) They get lost in a cave.
(b) They fall out of a treehouse.
(c) They get struck by lightning.
(d) They fall into a ravine.

3. The narrator ruminates that the place he is stranded can ___________________.
(a) be unhealthy.
(b) be a great diversion.
(c) waste a man's life.
(d) make men mad.

4. What does the narrator do after passing out food for fifteen hours straight?
(a) Falling asleep on his feet.
(b) Fainting.
(c) Goes AWOL.
(d) Falling into the food.

5. What does the narrator throw down from his window on some picketers during his college days?
(a) Water balloons.
(b) Cold water.
(c) Eggs.
(d) A paper airplane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Big Al Dagellio irritates the narrator?

2. What food does the narrator dish out when he is working on the train?

3. How does the narrator view the foibles of mankind in his corner of the world?

4. Where does the narrator think many great ideas are invented?

5. Where is the narrator as this chapter begins?

(see the answer key)

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