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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. Why was Ralph on a blind date?
(a) Helen's father insisted it be a double date.
(b) Schwartz was scared to go out alone.
(c) Ralph did not have plans that night.
(d) Helen really wanted to go out with Ralph.

2. How did the "major award" get broken?
(a) It was dropped while being moved to the front window.
(b) It was knocked over when someone was watering plants.
(c) It broke when someone changed the light bulb.
(d) It fell while being cleaned.

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

4. What fascinated Ralph's father in his spare time?
(a) Working.
(b) Puzzles and contests.
(c) Reading the newspaper.
(d) Fishing and cooking.

5. What does Ralph's first secret message say?
(a) Be sure to drink milk.
(b) Be sure to eat your vegetables.
(c) Be sure to eat fruit.
(d) Be sure to drink Ovaltine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What's the first purchase a kid usually makes in life?

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

3. What was the "major award"?

4. What do the two kids drink at Flick's Tavern?

5. How did Ralph's father win the "major award"?

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