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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ralph describe auction followers?
(a) Human worms.
(b) Human cash registers.
(c) Human vultures.
(d) Human storage units.

2. What kind of candy does Ralph prefer?
(a) Penny candy.
(b) JuJu Baby.
(c) Baby Ruth.
(d) Jawbreakers.

3. What does Ralph want Flick to make him to drink?
(a) A Bloody Tom.
(b) A Bloody Charlie.
(c) A Bloody Mary.
(d) A Bloody Sandy.

4. What's the first purchase a kid usually makes in life?
(a) Sodas.
(b) Bicycles.
(c) Candy.
(d) Baseball cards.

5. How does Miss Bryfogel force Ralph to tell the truth about the book?
(a) She threatens to send a note home to his mom.
(b) She threatens to make him read the entire book.
(c) She threatens to fail him in the class.
(d) She threatens to send him to detention.

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

7. What parade did Ralph compete in one year?
(a) The Rose Bowl parade.
(b) The Thanksgiving Day parade.
(c) The Christmas Day parade.
(d) The Easter Day parade.

8. What do the two kids drink at Flick's Tavern?
(a) Water.
(b) Bloody Marys.
(c) Soda.
(d) Beer.

9. What did Ralph learn about life, commercialism, and capitalism?
(a) It is all about being an adult.
(b) It is all about supply and demand.
(c) It is all about having options.
(d) It is all about being able to choose your own candy.

10. Who is Lud Kissel?
(a) The town drunk.
(b) The town postman.
(c) The town bully.
(d) The town mayor.

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

12. How does Ralph feel about Miss Bryfogel?
(a) He feels she is too strict as a teacher.
(b) He cannot stand her.
(c) He is madly in love with her.
(d) He does not think about her.

13. What causes a riot at the Orpheum?
(a) There are not enough gravy boats to go around.
(b) There are not enough seats for the women to sit.
(c) The women are given multiple gravy boats.
(d) They run out of free popcorn.

14. What does Ralph learn about the contests at the Orpheum?
(a) Contests are a great idea.
(b) Women of the Great Depression like free stuff.
(c) Contests are a horrible idea.
(d) Nothing in life is free.

15. What hit a high-tension electrical wire during the parade?
(a) Flick's drumstick.
(b) A flock of birds.
(c) Duckworth's baton.
(d) Ralph's sousaphone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ralph think about the book he found in his parents' room?

2. Where did Ralph work in the summer?

3. What does the joke teller do at Ralph's family gathering?

4. What did Ralph call the summer that his father had a problem with his show?

5. Ralph says that a lot can be learned about a man based on:

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