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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the light of Truth?

2. What is Ralph's favorite sport?

3. Who tells Ralph "Get in there, kid, you're holding up the line"?

4. Who is the author of the article titled "The Return of the Native to the Indiana Mill Town"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Grover Dill, and what does he represent to Ralph?

2. What does the reader learn about the main character in the opening chapter?

3. How does Wilbur "win" in the final parade performance?

4. Describe the setting for many of the stories in the book--Hohman, Indiana.

5. What are the three most important things to a Midwesterner?

6. How does Ralph get through the doorway?

7. Why were the movie night contests so important to the people of Hohman?

8. What makes Ralph think about Miss Bryfogel?

9. Explain Ralph's theory of Official People.

10. What does Ralph believe exists inside every male child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Ralph's humility portrayed throughout the book? What similarities do a majority of the stories share? How does Adult Ralph add or detract from the stories?

Essay Topic 2

Ralph's innocence keeps him out of trouble during a couple of stories in the book. Compare and contrast at least two events in which Ralph was saved from punishment because of his youth and innocence. Explore what was his actual punishment and whether that punishment was more or less effective than one that could have come from an adult. Discuss the irony in how his youth kept him from getting into big trouble even as he was trying to be more grown up.

Essay Topic 3

Ralph has many theories about people that he shares throughout the book. One such theory is that people are put into two groups: Official People and The Rest of Us. Discuss Ralph's theory, and decide if he is correct or if there are faults with his theory. Use examples from the book.

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