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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story 7, The Return of the Smiling Wimpy Doll Summary:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator goes to Pulaski's grocery store on an errand for Mother, he talks to Howie, who used to do what?
(a) Play high school football.
(b) Play on his softball team.
(c) Sing with the high school men's choir.
(d) March with the band.

2. Where do we find the narrator at the beginning of Story 7?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

3. When does the narrator share with his family the news of his date with Daphne?
(a) Right after school.
(b) During dinner.
(c) As they sit in the parlor listening to the radio.
(d) While grocery shopping.

4. What does the Old Man say every year when he and his family leave the County Fair?
(a) The fair has taken every dollar he had.
(b) He ate way too much.
(c) He teases the boys about walking home from the fair.
(d) The fair seems to get better each year.

5. In Daphne's neighborhood, the narrator notices that there is no smell of oil refineries in the air and even what?
(a) The roads are cleaner.
(b) The houses are bigger.
(c) The flowers are brighter.
(d) The trees grow taller.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the community, who is Maxwell Bigelow, Daphne's father?

2. On Saturday night, right before the family trip to Michigan, what does the Old Man say about their departure?

3. What type of student is Delbert Bumpus?

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

5. What is the little wooden house with the moon on the door found in the Bumpus' yard?

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