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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Homecoming.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who meets the mother after several hours?
(a) The conductor, on his way back.
(b) The police.
(c) The father.
(d) The ticket clerk.

2. What position do the classmates think the boy should take over?
(a) Class negotiator.
(b) First baseman.
(c) Class leader.
(d) Quarterback.

3. What happens to Pumpkin?
(a) He decides he want to be class leader.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He rns away.
(d) He is arrested.

4. What does the ticket clerk tell the mother she should do?
(a) Go back home.
(b) Search for her husband.
(c) Come inside.
(d) Get on the next train.

5. What do the father's papers say?
(a) He has permission to travel.
(b) He is allowed out of the country for one week.
(c) He has been acquitted for his thievery.
(d) He is innocent of murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they confront when they are near their destination?

2. What does the teacher tell the boy about how his father would react to the field trip?

3. What do the schoolboys invite the boy to do in the afternoon?

4. Who arrives during the special dinner on the first day of school?

5. Why is it upsetting when the train begins to move?

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