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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story Four, Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following are NOT found in the Bumpus' yard?
(a) Hounds.
(b) Peacocks.
(c) Rats.
(d) Chickens.
2. What does the Old Man do two weeks prior to the family's departure for their annual Michigan vacation?
(a) Has a tuneup performed on their car.
(b) Maps out the trip route, complete with stops and detours.
(c) Starts telling everybody at work about his upcoming trip.
(d) Checks out library books to read during his vacation.
3. 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) The food's exactly the same, but he remembers wilder rides.
(d) His experience is completely different from the movie.
4. At the start of Story Four, what reminds the narrator of his annual family vacations to Clear Lake, Michigan?
(a) Souvenir.
(b) Magazine article.
(c) Postcard.
(d) Commercial.
5. As the family drives to the lake, what happens when a chicken truck passes them?
(a) The contents of their roof rack fall.
(b) It breaks down in front of them and they are stuck for hours.
(c) Randy has a sneezing fit because of his allergy to feathers.
(d) They have to put up with feathers and a foul smell for miles.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the Old Man feel about the farming exhibits at the County Fair?
2. How does the narrator describe the sound that his spinning top makes?
3. Once the family arrives at the County Fair, the narrator accompanies his father where?
4. What does the Old Man find touching when he's looking at the County Fair quilts with his family?
5. What does the Old Man say every year when he and his family leave the County Fair?
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