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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Ralph shudder when he hears polka music?
(a) His memories of dancing the polka.
(b) His memories of playing polka with the marching band.
(c) His memories of hearing polka on his family's radio.
(d) His memories of working at the mill.

2. 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 send him to detention.
(c) She threatens to make him read the entire book.
(d) She threatens to fail him in the class.

3. Where did adult Ralph spend his most recent Fourth of July?
(a) Hohman.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Boston.

4. What is Ralph's brilliant idea for "the Graham"?
(a) He wants to clean it out.
(b) He wants to sell it.
(c) He wants to polish the chrome.
(d) He wants to buy it.

5. What does Ralph's mom want him to hide when the tax assessor comes for a visit?
(a) The family car.
(b) The washing machine.
(c) The family radio.
(d) The furnace.

6. To whom does Ralph repeat the sensational joke he heard at the family gathering?
(a) Flick.
(b) His brother.
(c) Casmir.
(d) Schwartz.

7. Who ends up being the butt of the joke at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Ralph.
(b) The Old Man.
(c) Uncle Ben.
(d) Casmir.

8. What is "the Graham?"
(a) A bowling alley.
(b) A used car lot.
(c) The Old Man's nickname.
(d) The beloved Parker family car.

9. What is "the Game" according to Flick?
(a) A high school baseball game.
(b) A high school football game.
(c) A high school basketball game.
(d) A high school wrestling match.

10. What does Ralph's father bring home each year from the summer job?
(a) All the paperwork.
(b) All the extra newspapers.
(c) All extra food.
(d) All the surplus fireworks.

11. What happens when Ralph's father finds out Ralph retold the sensational joke he heard at his family gathering?
(a) He grounds Ralph.
(b) He puts soap in Ralph's mouth.
(c) He makes Ralph clean the furnace.
(d) He bursts into laughter.

12. What theme arises again in Chapter 18?
(a) Parents versus children.
(b) Redemption.
(c) The mighty always fall.
(d) Outsider looking in.

13. Who is Wilbur Duckworth?
(a) The owner of a used car lot.
(b) The drum major in Ralph's high school band.
(c) A friend of Flick's father.
(d) A friend of Ralph's father.

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

15. Who is Miss Bryfogel?
(a) Ralph's high school English teacher.
(b) Ralph's sixth-grade English teacher.
(c) Ralph's high school Social Studies teacher.
(d) Ralph's sixth-grade Social Studies teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument was Ralph playing when it malfunctioned?

2. What kind of candy does Ralph prefer?

3. Ralph thinks that people from northern Indiana especially enjoy:

4. A family car, a weekly paycheck, and a reputable bowling average are the most important things to:

5. Who else, besides Ralph, is an outsider looking in during Chapter 24?

(see the answer keys)

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