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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8, Flick Offers Me Hard Liquor and Hairy Gertz and the Forty-Seven Crappies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can kids figure out the secret message on the radio show?
(a) By using a special decoder pin.
(b) By sending in a postcard.
(c) By listening to the program every day.
(d) By knowing a secret language.

2. What Christmas present does the main character want more than anything during his childhood?
(a) Official Red Ryder cowboy hat.
(b) Official Red Ryder air rifle.
(c) Official Red Ryder lasso.
(d) Official Red Ryder wagon.

3. What was the name of Ralph's favorite radio show?
(a) Red Ryder Rustles the Range.
(b) TM Bar Ralston Show.
(c) The Asp Strikes Again.
(d) Little Orphan Annie.

4. How does Ralph behave on the blind date?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is making everyone laugh.
(c) He is quiet.
(d) He talks incessantly.

5. What is the Asp?
(a) A bug.
(b) A mysterious character on a radio show.
(c) The narrator of a radio show.
(d) The name of the neighbor's dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ralph thinks there are several moments in a person's life when:

2. What makes Ralph smile near the end of the expedition in Chapter 8?

3. What holiday does the author reflect most on during that first day in Hohman?

4. What does Santa tell the author about the present he wants?

5. Who is Sandy?

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