A Fistful of Fig Newtons Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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 Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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 test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the narrator pay for college expenses?
(a) Scholarships.
(b) GI Bill.
(c) Bank student loans.
(d) Trust fund.

2. What does Kissel make in leathercraft?
(a) A belt.
(b) A batting glove.
(c) A wallet.
(d) A shoulder holster for his father's bourbon bottle.

3. What does the narrator say is always the butt of comedians' jokes?
(a) Donald Trump.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) The President.
(d) Martha Stewart.

4. What is the name of first-year campers at the narrator's childhood summer camp?
(a) Chipmunks.
(b) Tenderfoots.
(c) Bunnies.
(d) Does.

5. What surprising things do the boys find as they pick up trash?
(a) Beer cans.
(b) Condoms.
(c) Whiskey bottles.
(d) Cigarette butts.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city landmark is the narrator stalled?

2. In what conditions did Balzac write?

3. From what city does the summer camp bus depart?

4. The head of the camp swears in the boys with an oath and _____________________.

5. On what highway was the narrator traveling the day before?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the narrator prepare for camp and by what name will his group be called once they get there?

2. Describe the experience of Dan Baxter being punished for smoking cigarettes.

3. Why does the book never mention the narrator's wartime experiences?

4. What was the narrator able to tell about the tailgater following him yesterday?

5. How did Captain Crabtree manage the situation with the reluctant fat Chipmunk?

6. How did Proust and Balzac block out the world and what does that same thing for the narrator?

7. Why was forestcraft so boring to the narrator and his friends?

8. What does the forming of clans among New Jerseyites mean?

9. How did the fat Chipmunk earn the name of Skunk?

10. Who is Ernie and what happened to him during the narrator's story of KP duty?

(see the answer keys)

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