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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the balloon land in the middle of?
(a) A union fort.
(b) A battlefield.
(c) A confederate calvary.
(d) A town square.

2. Why does Fleabottom say he puts whiskey in his medicine?
(a) To make it easier to recruit them for his show.
(b) It is cheaper.
(c) It is the best medicine in the world.
(d) To help the soldiers enjoy themselves.

3. How does Homer describe Fleabottom's face?
(a) Sharp edged.
(b) Moon-like.
(c) Fat and friendly.
(d) Long and narrow.

4. What kind of animal do the crowd think Homer is?
(a) A pig.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cat.
(d) A mouse.

5. What does Homer do when a hand comes near his crate?
(a) He snaps at it.
(b) He jumps to the otherside of the crate.
(c) He licks it.
(d) He sucks on it.

6. What does the boot man say the crowd are mighty free with?
(a) Their money.
(b) Their food.
(c) Their tongues.
(d) Their taunts.

7. What does Homer do rather than talk when he is in the pig crate?
(a) Snarl.
(b) Bark.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Whimper.

8. What two characters get engaged in this section?
(a) Homer and Miss. Nibbly.
(b) Harold and Lauren.
(c) Mr. Willow and Miss Nibbly.
(d) Mr. Brewster and Mrs. Bean.

9. What does Fleabottom say is guaranteed about his medicine?
(a) Satisfaction.
(b) Enjoyment.
(c) A cure.
(d) A hangover.

10. What state does Homer travel to with Fleabottom's show in chapter twenty two?
(a) New York.
(b) Georgia.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) New Jersey.

11. Who has resigned from the union troops?
(a) The field marshall.
(b) The commanding general.
(c) The main troops.
(d) The treasurer.

12. Who do the soldiers begin to bring into the barn?
(a) Women.
(b) Interrogators.
(c) The wounded.
(d) Slaves.

13. What is the young man using hot balloons to do?
(a) Track troop movement.
(b) Esape the war.
(c) Find his friends.
(d) Spy on the Union.

14. What does Homer advise Mr. Willow not to tell Mrs. Nibbly?
(a) His problems with alcohol.
(b) How many children he has.
(c) His links with the Underground Railroad.
(d) How much money he has.

15. What is the name of the journalist and Homer's fellow prisoner in the barn?
(a) Jonathan Griswold.
(b) David Love.
(c) Harold Bloom.
(d) Paul Wren.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy at the dock promise to do for Homer?

2. What do the medicine show set up near?

3. What kind of gas is the balloon filled with?

4. What does the kid who threw the garbage go to fetch?

5. What is the color of Fleabottom's eyes?

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