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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story Five, The Star-crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens during the Old Man's favorite ride at the fair?
(a) Randy throws up all over his brother and father.
(b) The ride breaks down and they're stuck upside down for forty minutes.
(c) The Old Man loses his glasses, which fall and shatter.
(d) The narrator cries and screams the entire ride.

2. A week before taking his family to Michigan for their vacation, the Old Man makes a phone call to request what?
(a) Deluxe room.
(b) Green cabin.
(c) King-size tent.
(d) Larger houseboat.

3. How does the narrator's childhood experience at the County Fair compare to a movie he watches when he's an adult that portrays a State Fair set in Indiana?
(a) His experience is completely different from the movie.
(b) The County Fair wasn't as exciting as the State Fair in the movie.
(c) His experience is identical to the movie.
(d) The food's exactly the same, but he remembers wilder rides.

4. Which of the following do Randy and his brother NOT eat at the County Fair?
(a) Fudge.
(b) Pumpkin pie.
(c) Pork and beans.
(d) Deep-fried chocolate bars.

5. Who is Scut Farkas?
(a) Narrator's best friend.
(b) Bully.
(c) Narrator's cousin.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Old Man do trying to get a glimpse of the new family that moves in next door?

2. The Taylors, who lived next door to the narrator and his family for many years before the Bumpus family moved in, were what?

3. Halfway along the journey to Michigan, what does the narrator realize he forgot to pack?

4. What conflict does the narrator face between the girl next door and basketball?

5. For how many years does the Shepherd family take its annual pilgrimage to Clear Lake?

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