View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Bumpus family like to go shopping?
(a) Thrift store.
(b) City dump.
(c) Farmers' market.
(d) Garage sales.

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

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

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

5. At the fair, who wins the dirt races by half a car length?
(a) Firebender.
(b) Iron Man.
(c) Rocket Dude.
(d) Dombruni.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Story One, what sport does Delbert disrupt in gym class?

2. How long does the Shepherd-Bumpus feud last?

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

4. What does the Old Man say every year when he and his family leave the County Fair?

5. Who goes on the Old Man's favorite ride at the County Fair?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 299 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample