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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator say is one of the most popular playground games at his school?
2. What does Farkas mean when he challenges the narrator to play for keeps?
3. Among the animals at the fair, the Shepherds see what?
4. What subject does Miss Shields teach?
5. Where does the narrator's family stay during their vacations in Clear Lake, Michigan?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe some of what makes the Shepherd family a traditional one.
2. What are some of the misadventures the family experiences on their drive to Michigan?
3. What happens to the much anticipated Easter ham in Story One?
4. 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?
5. Describe some of the interesting sights the four members of the Shepherd family see while they are together at the County Fair.
6. What are the Mariah and the Wolf?
7. What happens after the narrator uses a dummy top and lets Farkas win the first round?
8. How do the brothers behave at the County Fair?
9. How does Delbert Bumpus disrupt life at school?
10. What is top spinning, and why are the boys of Warren G. Harding Elementary School so obsessed with this pastime?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the narrator's love interests: Josephine, Daphne, and Wanda. Which one is best suited for him, if any? What important life lessons does he learn from his experiences with each?
Essay Topic 2
Although events rarely go according to plan and expectations, somehow the narrator gets through them and even manages to be content with the outcome. Explain what factors help the narrator maintain a positive attitude even when his hopes and dreams fail to materialize.
Essay Topic 3
The book's time line covers the narrator's childhood and teen years. How does the narrator change, develop, and grow from the beginning to the end of the book? In what ways do the stories evolve? In what instances does the author seem to act about the same as a teenager as he did as a child?
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