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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hamper was a child, why were his friends amused by his dad?
(a) Because their dads were sober and hard-working.
(b) Because his dad loved to entertain kids.
(c) Because his dad always gave them an allowance too.
(d) Because his dad told good stories.

2. What did Roy eventually do to his pet mouse?
(a) Stepped on it.
(b) Incinerated it with the welder's torch.
(c) Trapped it in the wheel well he was constructing.
(d) Set it free from the cardboard box.

3. What car part did Hamper's father install at the factory?
(a) The windshield.
(b) The bumper.
(c) The wheel rivets.
(d) The dash wires.

4. What music did Hamper and his coworkers listen to at work?
(a) Classic rock.
(b) Top 40's.
(c) Country.
(d) Oldies.

5. According to Hamper, why did the nuns not care that he was a poor student?
(a) They cared less about the children of factory workers.
(b) Their favorites were the obviously talented kids.
(c) They knew the school would produce many underachievers in exchange for a couple brilliant students.
(d) They were too old to care about much.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Denny and Hamper listen to during their one elusively magical lunch break (pg 58)?

2. How old was Hamper the first time he went to a car factory?

3. According to Hamper, what percentage of Flint was linked to the auto factories?

4. Why did Hamper make the honor roll his sophomore year of high school?

5. How did Hamper's maternal grandfather live?

(see the answer key)

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