Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Jean Shepherd
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Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Jean Shepherd
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does the narrator practice with his fighting top?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two months.
(d) Two weeks.

3. How do the boys prepare for their Michigan vacation?
(a) Gathering their collection of fishing tackle and a BB gun.
(b) Reading about Michigan in their travel books.
(c) Packing books, games, art supplies, and cameras.
(d) Fighting while Mother and the Old Man do all the packing.

4. At the start of Story Four, what reminds the narrator of his annual family vacations to Clear Lake, Michigan?
(a) Souvenir.
(b) Commercial.
(c) Magazine article.
(d) Postcard.

5. What is the Old Man's greatest nemesis?
(a) His old Pontiac.
(b) The radiator in his house.
(c) Bumpus hounds.
(d) Scut Farkas.

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

7. What name does the narrator give his "weapon"?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Dog.
(c) Bear.
(d) Puma.

8. How many Bumpuses move next door to the narrator and his family?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Nobody knows for sure.
(c) Nine.
(d) Twelve Bumpuses and three of their friends.

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

10. What subject does Miss Shields teach?
(a) Biology.
(b) Algebra.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Literature.

11. Where does the narrator begin training for his matches against Scut Farkas?
(a) His driveway.
(b) His basement.
(c) Flick's backyard.
(d) School gym.

12. 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) Johnny Cash.
(b) Elvis Presley.
(c) Bing Crosby.
(d) Gene Autry.

13. 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) King-size tent.
(c) Deluxe room.
(d) Larger houseboat.

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

15. Once the Shepherds get to the County Fair, Randy accompanies his mother to see what?
(a) The clown acts.
(b) Some of the home crafts.
(c) A magic show.
(d) The dogs and cats show.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does the ham that Mother prepares have to sit in the oven to rest?

3. What happens when Grover Dill insults Delbert Bumpus' name?

4. What is the name of the Indiana town where most of the stories in the book supposedly take place?

5. What daredevil act do a couple of skinny blond girls perform at the County Fair?

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