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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story 8, Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator tells his father that he forgot to pack something important for the Michigan trip, what happens?
(a) The Old Man stops at a store to buy another one.
(b) Randy laughs at him until the narrator punches him.
(c) Mother tells him to not worry because he'll have fun anyway.
(d) The Old Man reprimands him while he weeps.

2. By the time Josie and the narrator have reached their homes walking from the grocery store, what has transpired?
(a) He has professed his love to her.
(b) He has asked her out on a date.
(c) She has invited him to a party.
(d) She has told him she has a boyfriend.

3. In his daydreams, the narrator envisions himself impressing his lady friend with what dance?
(a) Lindy.
(b) Polka.
(c) Tango.
(d) Waltz.

4. At their Michigan destination, what does the narrator say when the Old Man starts talking about going fishing?
(a) He says he'll stay in the cabin reading comic books.
(b) He laments out loud that this is the worst trip ever.
(c) He reminds his father that he forgot to pack his gear.
(d) He says he can't wait to go fishing.

5. What is the Mariah?
(a) Skateboard.
(b) Yo-yo.
(c) Softball.
(d) Top.

Short Answer Questions

1. Halfway along the journey to Michigan, what does the narrator realize he forgot to pack?

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

3. The weekend before prom, what is the narrator's fate?

4. What is the second item the narrator pulls out of the package he receives as an adult?

5. Among the animals at the fair, the Shepherds see what?

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