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

2. The narrator says that his family's annual trip to Michigan is bigger than what to him?
(a) July 4th.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Halloween.
(d) His birthday.

3. What type of student is Delbert Bumpus?
(a) One whom others envy.
(b) One who excels in music.
(c) A disruptive one who misses a lot of school.
(d) A promising one who needs bigger challenges.

4. What does the narrator say to get Scut Farkas to challenge him at top spinning?
(a) "I can beat anybody, even the best top player here."
(b) "There's no good top men around here, anyway."
(c) "Top spinning is the easiest thing in the world."
(d) "Our school has never produced a top champion."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Does the narrator tell his friends about his training and his intentions to beat Scut Farkas?

2. Where does the narrator's family stay during their vacations in Clear Lake, Michigan?

3. How many Bumpuses move next door to the narrator and his family?

4. What do Mother and the boys do while the Old Man changes a flat tire on their way to Michigan?

5. When the narrator visits a museum as an adult, what special item does he find?

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