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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the soldiers accuse Fleabottom of doing?
(a) Spying for the south.
(b) Conning people.
(c) Hiring minors.
(d) Killing children.

2. What city of Main do Willow and Homer arrive in?
(a) Bangor.
(b) Portland
(c) Auburn.
(d) Auguster.

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

4. Who does Mr. Brewster ask to accompany Homer in his search for Harold?
(a) Mr. Willow.
(b) Mr. Reed.
(c) Mr. Redfield.
(d) Miss Wimpy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of traveling show does Fleabottom run?

2. Why does Fleabottom say he puts whiskey in his medicine?

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

4. What is the bootman's name?

5. Who is accompanying Miss Nibbly on her trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fleabottom fool the soldiers?

2. How does Samuel Reed defeat Smelt and Stink?

3. Summarize chapter seventeen.

4. How do the crowd react to Homer in the crate?

5. Who is Mr. Willow?

6. Why do the military surround the traveling show?

7. What were the hot-air balloons used for in the Civil War?

8. Describe the performance Homer has to give in this section?

9. How do Griswold and Homer escape?

10. How does the Professor help Homer?

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