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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story 3, Scut Farkas and the Murderous Mariah.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What daredevil act do a couple of skinny blond girls perform at the County Fair?
(a) Jumping through a wall of fire.
(b) Exchanging motorcycles in midair.
(c) High diving into a pool.
(d) Roman riding on horseback.

2. What does the Old Man find touching when he's looking at the County Fair quilts with his family?
(a) A quilt commemorating ice hockey.
(b) Seeing Luke Appling on a quilt.
(c) Seeing a 92-year-old lady making quilt squares.
(d) A quilt commemorating beer making.

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

4. According to the book, important industries of Northern Indiana are steel mills and what else?
(a) Car manufacturers.
(b) Pharmaceuticals.
(c) Candy factories.
(d) Oil refineries.

5. When Mother prepares the ham, she tops it with what?
(a) A maraschino cherry.
(b) A cup of sherry.
(c) Apple slices.
(d) Cranberry sauce.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When a crowd of kids gathers around the narrator and Farkas as they battle it out with their fancy spinning tops, what is the collective wish?

3. What happens to the house next door to the narrator after the Bumpus family moves in?

4. When the narrator starts spinning tops against opponents other than Scut, what does he use?

5. The Taylors, who lived next door to the narrator and his family for many years before the Bumpus family moved in, were what?

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