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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 does the boy at the dock promise to do for Homer?
(a) Keep an eye out for Harold.
(b) Loan him some money.
(c) Get him a gun.
(d) Get him some tickets for a show.

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

3. What is the first thing Homer hears the boot man say?
(a) Who's in charge.
(b) This is disgusting.
(c) Release the boy.
(d) Fetch me some water.

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

5. What material is the hot air balloon made from?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Satin.
(c) Silk.
(d) Rubber.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the armies stop using hot-air balloons for surveillance?

2. What is broken on the wagon Fleabottom stops to help?

3. What illness does Homer think he has convinced the crowd at the dock he has?

4. What does the balloon owner say the hot-air balloon is rather than a hot air balloon?

5. What does Fleabottom say is guaranteed about his medicine?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Samuel Reed defeat Smelt and Stink?

3. What false hope does Homer have in this section?

4. What do the traveling show learn about the war in chapter twenty six?

5. Summarize chapter seventeen.

6. How does Mr. Willow help Homer in this section?

7. What evidence is there that Fleabottom could be a spy?

8. How does the Professor help Homer?

9. How does Fleabottom fool the soldiers?

10. In what way is Mr. Willow not the ideal companion for Homer?

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