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

2. What is broken on the wagon Fleabottom stops to help?
(a) The platform.
(b) An axel.
(c) The roof.
(d) A wheel.

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

4. What kind of traveling show does Fleabottom run?
(a) A medicine show.
(b) A magic show.
(c) A hypnosis show.
(d) A freak show.

5. What is the bootman's name?
(a) Professor Fleabottom.
(b) Kevin Gordon.
(c) Doctor Farbus.
(d) Peter White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Homer do when a hand comes near his crate?

2. What does Homer say is causing his wild thoughts while in the balloon?

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

4. Who is accompanying Miss Nibbly on her trip?

5. Who surround the medicine show and calls for Fleabottom to surrender?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the military surround the traveling show?

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

4. How does Homer describe Professor Fleabottom?

5. How does Mr. Brewster help out Homer in chapter fourteen?

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

7. How does Samuel Reed defeat Smelt and Stink?

8. How do Griswold and Homer escape?

9. Why is Mr. Willow so vulnerable?

10. Summarize chapter seventeen.

(see the answer keys)

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