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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story 7, The Return of the Smiling Wimpy Doll Summary:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens during the Old Man's favorite ride at the fair?
(a) The ride breaks down and they're stuck upside down for forty minutes.
(b) The narrator cries and screams the entire ride.
(c) Randy throws up all over his brother and father.
(d) The Old Man loses his glasses, which fall and shatter.

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

3. For the family's Michigan trip, what does the Old Man pack into the Sears luggage rack on the car roof?
(a) Mother's things because she won't be needing them during the drive.
(b) Camping equipment, including the portable stove and folded tent.
(c) A canoe, including oars and life vests.
(d) Heavy, bulky items including chairs, beach umbrellas, and golf clubs.

4. Why is the adult narrator embarrassed when the doorman sees him?
(a) He forgot to tip the doorman that week.
(b) In his hurry to open his mysterious package, he forgot to get dressed.
(c) He's covered in toys from his youth, including a space helmet and a zap gun.
(d) He has chocolate on his face and spilled milk on his trousers.

5. As the narrator prepares for his first date with Daphne, he goes through half a bar of Lifebuoy soap, Old Spice talcum powder, and what else?
(a) Three Gillette razors and a can of Barbasol shaving cream.
(b) A stick of Drysol deodorant.
(c) A bottle of Ralph Lauren cologne.
(d) Pepsodent toothpaste and a gallon of Listerine mouthwash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Old Man find touching when he's looking at the County Fair quilts with his family?

2. What does the narrator say to get Scut Farkas to challenge him at top spinning?

3. After his date with Daphne, how does the narrator get home?

4. Where does the new family next door to the Shepherds move from?

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

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