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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, "Everybody Swing!".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brent do during the night hours?
(a) Reads the next chapter of the whirligig guidebook.
(b) Plays his harmonica and works with the star guide.
(c) Reads biographies about famous inventors.
(d) Writes letters to his parents.

2. Where do the billboards announcing the Key Lime Pie Belt first appear on Brent's bus trip?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Florida.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Tennessee.

3. Who says that Mrs. Zamora's request is crazy?
(a) Mr. Zamora.
(b) Brent's mother.
(c) Brent's father.
(d) The judge.

4. What is circling the old house on Kansas Street?
(a) A helicopter
(b) Two seagulls.
(c) Two crows.
(d) A vulture.

5. What does Brent do calm his frustrations?
(a) He walks on the beach.
(b) He plays the harmonica.
(c) He writes letters to his parents.
(d) He hums to himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the worst part of Tony's summer vacation?

2. Whom does Brent sit beside in the dining hall?

3. Why does Brent like being in Texas?

4. What is at the top of the whirligig?

5. How many Nobel Prizes does the fictitious spinster in Chapter 2 own?

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