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

2. When a new family moves into the house next door to the narrator, what singer's record do they play in the middle of the night?
(a) Elvis Presley.
(b) Gene Autry.
(c) Bing Crosby.
(d) Johnny Cash.

3. Where do most kids get their tops from?
(a) Hopnoodle's store.
(b) Mail order.
(c) Sears.
(d) Pulaski's shop.

4. A week before taking his family to Michigan for their vacation, the Old Man makes a phone call to request what?
(a) Green cabin.
(b) Deluxe room.
(c) Larger houseboat.
(d) King-size tent.

5. When the narrator visits a museum as an adult, what special item does he find?
(a) A softball signed by his favorite ballplayer.
(b) A yo-yo used by the 1964 yo-yo world champion.
(c) A skateboard donated by a famous sports star.
(d) A top believed to have belonged to a former President.

Short Answer Questions

1. What person does the forty-seven pound pumpkin at the County Fair resemble?

2. When the doorman retrieves a childhood toy for the adult narrator, who does he have to fight for it?

3. What does Howie do now, since quitting high school?

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

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

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