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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20, We Have Two Small Visitors and Old Man Pulaski and the Infamous Jaw-Breaker Blackmail Caper.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kissel's creation eventually do?
(a) Nothing, he couldn't manage to light it.
(b) It lit his shirt on fire.
(c) Tilt his house's floor downward.
(d) Tilt the floor of his neighbor's house downward.

2. Ralph says the pain of a toothache at 3 a.m. is like:
(a) Standing at the door of a closed dentist office.
(b) Standing on a baseball field without a glove.
(c) Standing at the candy store without money.
(d) Standing at the gates of hell itself.

3. How would Ralph describe Grover Dill as a child?
(a) A bully.
(b) An intelligent student.
(c) A drop-out.
(d) An athlete.

4. Ralph thinks there are several moments in a person's life when:
(a) Everyone has the ability to become an Official Person.
(b) The cosmic searchlight of Truth shines upon them.
(c) The cosmic searchlight of Humor shines upon them.
(d) Everyone is meant to be part of "The Rest of Us."

5. According to Ralph, what shapes a kid's life and determines his future as an adult?
(a) Small decisions.
(b) His family.
(c) Penny candy.
(d) The jokes he tells.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theme arises again in Chapter 18?

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

3. Kissel's creation looked more like a:

4. Pulaski was not in a charitable mood one time when Ralph went to buy candy. What did he make Ralph do?

5. Who is Sandy?

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