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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Indiana town where most of the stories in the book supposedly take place?
(a) Hohman.
(b) Frankton.
(c) DeBerne.
(d) Longview.

2. What does the Old Man say every year when he and his family leave the County Fair?
(a) The fair has taken every dollar he had.
(b) He teases the boys about walking home from the fair.
(c) He ate way too much.
(d) The fair seems to get better each year.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On the family road trip, where do the narrator and his brother fit in a car that is so full of supplies?

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

3. When Randy starts to whine the night before the County Fair, what does Mother promise him?

4. The Old Man is a lifelong fan of which baseball team?

5. When the narrator tells his father that he forgot to pack something important for the Michigan trip, what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some of the interesting sights the four members of the Shepherd family see while they are together at the County Fair.

2. On departure day, why does the Shepherd family fail to leave for their annual trip at six in the morning as planned?

3. What are the Mariah and the Wolf?

4. How does the Old Man feel towards the Bumpus family?

5. What are some of the misadventures the family experiences on their drive to Michigan?

6. Describe the yard of the Bumpus family.

7. How do the brothers behave at the County Fair?

8. During their road trip, the narrator is convinced that he left his fishing gear back home. What does he discover about his gear at the end of the story?

9. Summarize how Mother prepares the traditional Easter ham.

10. Describe some of what makes the Shepherd family a traditional one.

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