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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. Where do most kids get their tops from?
(a) Mail order.
(b) Sears.
(c) Hopnoodle's store.
(d) Pulaski's shop.

2. Who goes on the Old Man's favorite ride at the County Fair?
(a) The Old Man and his two sons.
(b) Randy and his brother only.
(c) The Old Man and Mother only.
(d) The four members of the Shepherd family.

3. What does the Old Man admire about his favorite ride at the County Fair?
(a) Very few dare to get on such a wild ride.
(b) It makes him feel like a teenager again.
(c) It's a fine piece of machinery.
(d) It's just the right length.

4. How does the narrator describe the sound that his spinning top makes?
(a) Stealthy and quiet, like a ninja.
(b) Bold and thunderous, like a storm.
(c) Loud and wailing, like a ghost.
(d) Cold and hissing, like a snake.

5. 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 food's exactly the same, but he remembers wilder rides.
(c) The County Fair wasn't as exciting as the State Fair in the movie.
(d) His experience is identical to the movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is spying on the narrator when he starts to spin tops against opponents?

2. When a new family moves into the house next door to the narrator, what singer's record do they play in the middle of the night?

3. The night of his first date with the neighbor girl, how long does it take the narrator to bathe and groom?

4. Long after the Bumpuses move out, who moves in next door to the narrator?

5. At the start of Story Four, what reminds the narrator of his annual family vacations to Clear Lake, Michigan?

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