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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Grover Dill doing at the bar when Ralph was back in town visiting?
(a) Drinking with Flick.
(b) Fighting with another patron.
(c) Talking about a new business.
(d) Getting acquainted with an old friend.

2. Who tells Ralph "Get in there, kid, you're holding up the line"?
(a) The Treasure Island worker.
(b) His parents.
(c) The Magic Mountain attendant.
(d) The World's Fair police.

3. What does Ralph claim to be several stories high at the fair?
(a) Magic Mountain.
(b) The toy display.
(c) The candy display.
(d) Treasure Island.

4. How do Ralph's parents fight about the "major award"?
(a) They stop eating dinner together.
(b) They each open or close the curtain to show off or hide the "major award."
(c) They yell at each other.
(d) They have Ralph choose sides.

5. Cedar Lake is best described as:
(a) A miserable mudhole.
(b) A cool and crisp recreation location.
(c) A scenic vacation spot.
(d) A fisherman's paradise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main character?

2. What is Ralph's favorite sport?

3. Why is Ralph disappointed when he finally figures out what the secret message reads?

4. What does Ralph call Flick's jukebox?

5. How would Ralph describe Grover Dill as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Adult Ralph recall the theme song of his favorite radio show after all the years?

2. Why is Wilbur Duckworth considered to be a social outcast?

3. What makes Ralph think about Miss Bryfogel?

4. What does Ralph believe that every family has?

5. Why is it more interesting to hear the story about the Christmas plot to get a BB gun from a child's perspective rather than from the voice of "Adult Ralph"?

6. Why didn't Ralph's parents both share the same feelings about the "major award"?

7. How does Ralph get through the doorway?

8. Why do you think Ralph wanted to be part of the Little Orphan Annie Secret Circle so badly?

9. With what does Ralph struggle most in the story about the book report?

10. Why does Ralph think people in Northern Indiana like fireworks so much?

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