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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story Two, County Fair!.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Randy starts to whine the night before the County Fair, what does Mother promise him?
(a) Chocolate donut.
(b) Cream soda.
(c) Taffy apple.
(d) Peach candy.

3. How long does the Shepherd-Bumpus feud last?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Until the narrator goes off to college.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Until the Bumpus family moves away.

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

5. What is the name of the school the narrator attends?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Chester A. Arthur.
(c) Warren G. Harding.
(d) James K. Polk.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the fair, who wins the dirt races by half a car length?

2. What happens when Grover Dill insults Delbert Bumpus' name?

3. According to the book, important industries of Northern Indiana are steel mills and what else?

4. What type of student is Delbert Bumpus?

5. What is the Old Man's greatest nemesis?

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