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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Homer see Fleabottom give a rider during the night?
(a) A book.
(b) A package.
(c) Some money.
(d) A letter.

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

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

4. What does the balloon owner say the hot-air balloon is rather than a hot air balloon?
(a) An airship.
(b) An airplane.
(c) An automobile.
(d) A party balloon.

5. Who is accompanying Miss Nibbly on her trip?
(a) Her ex-husband.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her brother.

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

7. What kind of gas is the balloon filled with?
(a) Carbon monoxide.
(b) Hydrogen.
(c) Oxygen.
(d) Nitrogen.

8. What kind of hat does Fleabottom wear?
(a) A top hat.
(b) A bowler hat.
(c) A stetson.
(d) A hunting cap.

9. Why did the armies stop using hot-air balloons for surveillance?
(a) They got caught too easily in trees.
(b) The armies would shoot them down.
(c) They were too expensive to run.
(d) People refused to fly them.

10. Who does Homer think he can see from the New Jersey dock?
(a) Samuel Reed.
(b) Squint.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

11. What do the crowd chant at Homer?
(a) Bacon for dinner.
(b) Piggy, piggy, piggy.
(c) Eat, pig boy, eat.
(d) Porky, porky pudding and pie.

12. What illness does Homer think he has convinced the crowd at the dock he has?
(a) Bi-polar.
(b) Rabies.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Epilepsy.

13. What is the color of Fleabottom's eyes?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Homer describe the color of the big man's face?

2. What does the boot man say the crowd are mighty free with?

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

4. What does Homer immediately realize Miss Nibbly and her brother are?

5. What two characters get engaged in this section?

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