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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fleabottom act like he is doing as he hurries away from the dock?
(a) Running away from something.
(b) Running to meet someone.
(c) Training for the Olympics.
(d) Running to save someone.

2. What method of transport are Homer and Willow using to travel to Maine?
(a) Plane.
(b) Train.
(c) Wagon.
(d) Steamship.

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

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

5. What does Fleabottom say is the only way he can help Homer find his brother?
(a) If he helps to sell his show.
(b) If he joins his traveling show.
(c) If he pays him.
(d) If he tells him where he is from.

6. Who hands out the bottles of medicine at the traveling show?
(a) Maxi.
(b) Harold.
(c) Minerva.
(d) Mini.

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

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

9. What does Homer say booms into the night as the bottles are handed around?
(a) Clinking bottles.
(b) The soldiers' laughs.
(c) The professor's voice.
(d) The soldiers' gun shots.

10. What does Homer say he is chasing as he travels West in the balloon?
(a) The heavens.
(b) The stars.
(c) The sun.
(d) The moon.

11. What does Homer immediately realize Miss Nibbly and her brother are?
(a) Tricksters.
(b) Murderers.
(c) Con artists.
(d) Spies.

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

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

14. What does the kid who threw the garbage go to fetch?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A pail of slops.
(c) His brother.
(d) A gun.

15. What does Fleabottom call his medicine?
(a) Wonder Wow.
(b) Pow Wow Elixir.
(c) Super Substance.
(d) Miracle Elixir.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Homer compare the tear in the balloon to?

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

4. Who has resigned from the union troops?

5. Who does the professor say is the only person who knows the answer?

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