This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story 6, Daphne Bigelow and the Spine-chilling Saga of the Snail-encrusted Tinfoil Noose.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On Saturday night, right before the family trip to Michigan, what does the Old Man say about their departure?
(a) Everything that 's going with them must be left by the door.
(b) They need to sleep in their clothes so they can leave early.
(c) They'll leave at four-thirty in the morning.
(d) They'll leave by six in the morning.

2. What does the Old Man find touching when he's looking at the County Fair quilts with his family?
(a) A quilt commemorating beer making.
(b) Seeing Luke Appling on a quilt.
(c) A quilt commemorating ice hockey.
(d) Seeing a 92-year-old lady making quilt squares.

3. What does the Old Man do two weeks prior to the family's departure for their annual Michigan vacation?
(a) Starts telling everybody at work about his upcoming trip.
(b) Has a tuneup performed on their car.
(c) Checks out library books to read during his vacation.
(d) Maps out the trip route, complete with stops and detours.

4. On the morning of the family's departure for their Michigan trip, Mother is in the kitchen scrambling eggs and making coffee while the Old Man is doing what?
(a) Yelling at the neighbors.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Packing the car.
(d) Making waffles.

5. At what point does the narrator realize they are halfway to their Michigan destination?
(a) After he almost faints from dehydration and heat exhaustion.
(b) After they've been driving for six hours without stopping.
(c) When Randy throws up, because he does this every year at the halfway mark.
(d) When the contents of the car have shifted so much he can no longer move.