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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 person does the forty-seven pound pumpkin at the County Fair resemble?
2. The Old Man is a lifelong fan of which baseball team?
3. What are some of the items that adorn the Bumpus' yard?
4. When Farkas starts walking away from the narrator after their first top spinning contest, what does the narrator do?
5. The narrator and his family eat practically the same thing every day, except on what occasion?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator describe getting to the County Fair?
2. Describe the sense of anticipation the Shepherd family members feel as they prepare to experience the County Fair. What is each family member looking forward to the most?
3. How do the brothers behave at the County Fair?
4. Who does most of the work when it's time to prepare for the narrator's annual vacation?
5. How does the narrator trick Farkas into challenging him to a battle of spinning tops?
6. How does the Old Man handle all the problems the family encounters en route to Michigan?
7. What are the Mariah and the Wolf?
8. Explain how the narrator prepares for his spinning tops battle against Farkas.
9. How does the Old Man feel towards the Bumpus family?
10. Describe some of the interesting sights the four members of the Shepherd family see while they are together at the County Fair.
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
Compare and contrast the narrator's expectations of his date with Josie and the reality of how the date turns out. What lessons does he learn through this experience? How does he behave after this date? What mistakes will he probably not make again?
Essay Topic 3
For Wanda Hickey, prom night is a golden evening of wonder where she has the amazing good luck of going with the boy she's always had a crush on. How does the night turn out for her? Does it meet her expectations? Despite some mishaps, is she pleased with the evening? Would she have liked anything to have been different? Support your answers with passages from the book.
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