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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Kissel's creation looked more like a:
(a) Mortar shell.
(b) Time capsule.
(c) Car engine.
(d) Large firework.
2. Pulaski was not in a charitable mood one time when Ralph went to buy candy. What did he make Ralph do?
(a) Stand in line longer than usual.
(b) Give some of his candy to his little brother.
(c) Buy gum with every jawbreaker.
(d) Buy one red jawbreaker for every black jawbreaker.
3. What is the reaction of Ralph's father when he finds out "the Graham" has been damaged?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He mumbles and walks away.
(c) He claims responsibility.
(d) He is furious.
4. Why do young kids go to Pulaski's store?
(a) To buy sodas.
(b) To buy penny candy.
(c) To buy gum.
(d) To buy baseball cards.
5. One year, Lud Kissel produced:
(a) The largest fire anyone had seen.
(b) The largest cocktail anyone had seen.
(c) The largest Dago bomb anyone had seen.
(d) The largest pile of dynamite anyone had seen.
6. What did Ralph call the summer that his father had a problem with his show?
(a) The year the Roman candle struck back.
(b) The year the pinwheel struck back.
(c) The year the furnace struck back.
(d) The year the BBQ struck back.
7. Where did Ralph work in the summer?
(a) His father's office.
(b) His father's fireworks stand.
(c) Flick's Tavern.
(d) As a paper boy for the town newspaper.
8. Who is Leopold Doppler?
(a) The owner of the town mill.
(b) The owner of a New England motel.
(c) The owner of the Orpheum movie theater.
(d) The owner of a drive-in movie theater.
9. What does Ralph think was in the cheek of one of the kids at the bar?
(a) A root beer barrel.
(b) A jawbreaker.
(c) A JuJu Baby.
(d) A piece of gum.
10. How is "the Graham" damaged?
(a) Ralph scrapes the fender.
(b) A neighbor kid hit it.
(c) No one knows.
(d) Ralph polishes too hard.
11. Who is Janis?
(a) A bar patron.
(b) Ralph's old teacher.
(c) Flick's wife.
(d) A doctor's wife.
12. What did Ralph learn about life, commercialism, and capitalism?
(a) It is all about being an adult.
(b) It is all about supply and demand.
(c) It is all about having options.
(d) It is all about being able to choose your own candy.
13. According to Ralph, what shapes a kid's life and determines his future as an adult?
(a) Small decisions.
(b) The jokes he tells.
(c) His family.
(d) Penny candy.
14. Where is Flick supposed to go instead of "the Game?"
(a) The airport.
(b) A PTA meeting.
(c) Band practice.
(d) Grocery shopping.
15. What made Ralph think about Mr. Kissel while he was in New York?
(a) Drinking Kentucky whiskey.
(b) A house explosion.
(c) Fourth of July fireworks.
(d) A house party.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Wilbur Duckworth hated by all?
2. Ralph has a theory that a joke teller:
3. What happens when Ralph retells the joke he heard at his family gathering to another kid?
4. Who is Wilbur Duckworth?
5. While Ralph continues to celebrate conquering the bully, this person reminds him of a time when he was not as ferocious.
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