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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Ben and his siblings at the airfield?
(a) They are waiting for a distant relative to arrive.
(b) They are waiting for Bull to come home.
(c) They are getting ready to go on a trip.
(d) They are arriving home after a trip.

2. Who does Bull declare is the best pilot in the squad?
(a) Himself.
(b) The Ivy League pilots.
(c) The younger pilots.
(d) The older pilots.

3. What does Bull do when Ben refuses to continue the game?
(a) Bull bounces a ball off of Ben's head and calls him a girl.
(b) Bull admits defeat.
(c) Bull declares himself winner by default.
(d) Bull agrees that the game is over.

4. Why does Bull attack a young corporal in the bathroom?
(a) Bull dislikes this corporal.
(b) Bull dislikes all corporals.
(c) Bull thought the young man was disrespectful.
(d) Bull mistook the young man for Colonel Hedgepath.

5. Why does the grandmother and the mother both beg the children to behave?
(a) They are concerned about their own peace of mind on the trip.
(b) They are concerned Bull will become violent if the children misbehave on the long drive.
(c) They are concerned the children could hurt one another's feelings.
(d) They are worried that Bull's blood pressure will become too high if the children annoy him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose poor choice in men does Ben criticize?

2. What does the principal do to Ben?

3. What animal do Ben and Toomer see laying eggs?

4. What do Ben and Mary Anne see Red Pettus doing in the hall at school?

5. Where does Ben spend dinner after the basketball game?

(see the answer key)

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