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

2. Pulaski was not in a charitable mood one time when Ralph went to buy candy. What did he make Ralph do?
(a) Buy one red jawbreaker for every black jawbreaker.
(b) Stand in line longer than usual.
(c) Give some of his candy to his little brother.
(d) Buy gum with every jawbreaker.

3. What does Ralph think was in the cheek of one of the kids at the bar?
(a) A root beer barrel.
(b) A jawbreaker.
(c) A JuJu Baby.
(d) A piece of gum.

4. Most people were ___ during the Great Depression?
(a) Healthy.
(b) Overworked.
(c) Unemployed.
(d) Happy.

5. The main character said that people in Hohman never go there but mostly want:
(a) Never to leave.
(b) To have their own business.
(c) To leave.
(d) To have many children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was on hand to help celebrate the "major award"?

2. Why is Ralph's sporting choice so unusual?

3. What does Kissel's creation eventually do?

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

5. What does Ralph call Flick's jukebox?

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