A Fistful of Fig Newtons Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Jean Shepherd
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Fistful of Fig Newtons Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Jean Shepherd
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator think many great ideas are invented?
(a) At MIT.
(b) At family reunions.
(c) In Algebra classes.
(d) On the toilet.

2. The Nobba-WaWa-Nockee Loyalty Song is sung to the tune of what other song?
(a) Row, Row, Row Your Boat.
(b) Old MacDonald.
(c) A Hundred Bottles of Beer on the Wall.
(d) Notre Dame Fight Song.

3. What does the narrator say is always the butt of comedians' jokes?
(a) Martha Stewart.
(b) Donald Trump.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) The President.

4. What are the older campers at the narrator's childhood summer camp called?
(a) Foxes.
(b) Cheetahs.
(c) Beavers.
(d) Wolves.

5. What surprising things do the boys find as they pick up trash?
(a) Beer cans.
(b) Cigarette butts.
(c) Condoms.
(d) Whiskey bottles.

6. On what highway was the narrator traveling the day before?
(a) I-95.
(b) Route 22.
(c) Route 66.
(d) New Jersey Turnpike.

7. What happens to the boys when they are in search of clues?
(a) They get lost in a cave.
(b) They fall out of a treehouse.
(c) They fall into a ravine.
(d) They get struck by lightning.

8. According to the narrator, American culture builds up what kind of ideas?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Utopian.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Implausible.

9. What insects do the boys disturb on a hike with Captain Crabtree?
(a) Bees.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Wasps.
(d) Hornets.

10. Kissel thinks that the emblem on the Beavers' jackets looks like a squirrel holding _________________.
(a) a hot dog.
(b) a flag.
(c) an ice cream cone.
(d) a balloon.

11. Why are the boys frightened during swimming lessons?
(a) The lake is dirty.
(b) The water is really choppy.
(c) It starts to thunder.
(d) One of the boys claims to feel the lake monster.

12. The narrator and his friends have a contest of eating _____________ laxatives.
(a) Ex-Lax.
(b) Correctol.
(c) Miralax.
(d) Boomo-Lax.

13. What do the boys learn in forestcraft?
(a) How to find edible berries.
(b) How to find North.
(c) How to mark a trail.
(d) How to identify poison ivy.

14. Why does Colonel Bullard berate the boys of the Mole Lodge?
(a) For smoking cigarettes.
(b) For returning to camp without the prize.
(c) For spying on the girls.
(d) For screaming like girls.

15. Who was the intellectual in the narrator's army company?
(a) Schwab.
(b) Goldberg.
(c) Miller.
(d) Zynzmeister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think as he is stalled in this chapter?

2. For what job does the narrator get selected on the train?

3. What is the treasure to be found at the end of the camp season?

4. What was the truck in front of the narrator carrying?

5. What is the prize for the winning lodge?

(see the answer keys)

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