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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 is the Old Man's greatest nemesis?
(a) Bumpus hounds.
(b) His old Pontiac.
(c) Scut Farkas.
(d) The radiator in his house.

2. The narrator lives in Northern Indiana with whom?
(a) Parents and uncle.
(b) Parents and grandmother.
(c) Father, mother, and sister.
(d) Father, mother, and brother.

3. Among the animals at the fair, the Shepherds see what?
(a) A grand champion pig.
(b) A dime-size frog.
(c) A two-headed llama.
(d) A four-foot tall chicken.

4. What person does the forty-seven pound pumpkin at the County Fair resemble?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

5. What subject does Miss Shields teach?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Literature.
(d) Biology.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Old Man is a lifelong fan of which baseball team?

2. How long does the ham that Mother prepares have to sit in the oven to rest?

3. What type of student is Delbert Bumpus?

4. What marks the start of the Shepherd-Bumpus feud?

5. When Randy starts to whine the night before the County Fair, what does Mother promise him?

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