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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. Among the animals at the fair, the Shepherds see what?
(a) A grand champion pig.
(b) A two-headed llama.
(c) A four-foot tall chicken.
(d) A dime-size frog.

2. How does the narrator invite the girl of his dreams on a date?
(a) With a note.
(b) Romantically.
(c) Awkwardly.
(d) Has a friend ask for him.

3. How does the final spinning top battle between Farkas and the narrator conclude?
(a) Both tops leave the circle together and disappear down the sewer.
(b) Farkas wins and throws the narrator's top over the school fence into the street.
(c) The narrator's kid brother comes from nowhere and steals both tops.
(d) The narrator wins and throws Farkas' top down the sewer.

4. Who is Iron Man Gabruzzi's arch-rival?
(a) Joe Firebender.
(b) Duke Grunion.
(c) Anthony Dombruni.
(d) Walt Whedbe.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. The night of his first date with the neighbor girl, how long does it take the narrator to bathe and groom?

2. The narrator says that his family's annual trip to Michigan is bigger than what to him?

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

4. What does the Old Man believe regarding one's prom date?

5. Why do the narrator and his friends parade in front of their neighbors' house after a new family moves in?

(see the answer key)

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