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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ralph describe auction followers?
(a) Human worms.
(b) Human vultures.
(c) Human cash registers.
(d) Human storage units.

2. What does Ralph learn about the contests at the Orpheum?
(a) Contests are a great idea.
(b) Women of the Great Depression like free stuff.
(c) Nothing in life is free.
(d) Contests are a horrible idea.

3. One year, Lud Kissel produced:
(a) The largest Dago bomb anyone had seen.
(b) The largest cocktail anyone had seen.
(c) The largest fire anyone had seen.
(d) The largest pile of dynamite anyone had seen.

4. What hit a high-tension electrical wire during the parade?
(a) A flock of birds.
(b) Flick's drumstick.
(c) Ralph's sousaphone.
(d) Duckworth's baton.

5. In the Midwest, Ralph says that storytelling revolved around:
(a) The family vehicle.
(b) The family pet.
(c) The family joke teller.
(d) The family house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miss Bryfogel is best described as:

2. What is a sousaphone?

3. What happens when Ralph's father finds out Ralph retold the sensational joke he heard at his family gathering?

4. To whom does Ralph repeat the sensational joke he heard at the family gathering?

5. How does Ralph feel about Miss Bryfogel?

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