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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 did Ralph obtain membership in the secret club?
(a) He sang the theme song for a radio show.
(b) He filled out an application.
(c) He won a contest.
(d) He covertly obtained a silver Ovaltine seal and mailed it in.

2. What makes Ralph smile near the end of the expedition in Chapter 8?
(a) The pretty girls at the lake.
(b) The adults drinking beer and telling dirty jokes.
(c) Cleaning fish.
(d) Going to sleep after a long trip.

3. What did Ralph promise to do if he was allowed to go on the expedition in Chapter 8?
(a) Clean the boots.
(b) Set up the camp.
(c) Cook the dinner.
(d) Clean all the fish.

4. Why is Ralph's sporting choice so unusual?
(a) He lives, breathes, and dreams the sport but never gets the chance to participate.
(b) He lives, breathes, and dreams the sport, but his mother does not let him participate.
(c) He lives, breathes, and dreams the sport, but he is not very good.
(d) He lives, breathes, and dreams the sport, but his father does not let him participate.

5. What is the relationship between Ralph and Flick?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They were good friends during their childhood.
(c) They went to the same college.
(d) They were on the same bowling team.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the childhood hero displayed in a full-color ad in the back of a magazine in Chapter 2?

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

3. Hohman's weather is described as having:

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

5. The author believes children and parents were tougher back then, proven by the way:

(see the answer key)

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