This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story 6, Daphne Bigelow and the Spine-chilling Saga of the Snail-encrusted Tinfoil Noose.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Old Man and Mother do well into the night in preparation for their Michigan trip?
(a) Go over the route they plan to take and their alternate route.
(b) Unplug and double-check every appliance in their home.
(c) Go over their list and take account of all their travel supplies.
(d) Write detailed house care instructions for their neighbors.

2. What comment does Josie's mother make after her daughter appears, now ready for the party?
(a) This is Josie's first date ever.
(b) The narrator had better treat Josie right.
(c) One day Josie will make a good wife.
(d) Josie made her outfit by herself.

3. What is the little wooden house with the moon on the door found in the Bumpus' yard?
(a) Dog house.
(b) Gun storage shed.
(c) Guest room.
(d) Moonshine making station.

4. What does the Old Man do two weeks prior to the family's departure for their annual Michigan vacation?
(a) Starts telling everybody at work about his upcoming trip.
(b) Has a tuneup performed on their car.
(c) Maps out the trip route, complete with stops and detours.
(d) Checks out library books to read during his vacation.

5. What does the narrator say that his family puts on their typical meals of meatloaf, red cabbage, and mashed potatoes?
(a) Gallons of ketchup.
(b) An overabundance of pepper.
(c) Buckets of tabasco sauce.
(d) Tons of salt.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the morning of the family's departure for their Michigan trip, Mother is in the kitchen scrambling eggs and making coffee while the Old Man is doing what?

2. What do Daphne and the narrator watch at the Orpheum?

3. What does Farkas mean when he challenges the narrator to play for keeps?

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

5. What happens when, during the family's road trip, the Old Man refuses the opportunity to purchase gas at the last station?

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