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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Homer watch most of the medicine show from?
(a) His tent.
(b) The roof.
(c) The grandstand.
(d) The tiger cages.

2. What is the color of Fleabottom's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

3. What does Homer compare the tear in the balloon to?
(a) A smiling mouth.
(b) A yawning mouth.
(c) A screaming mouth.
(d) A blank face.

4. Why did the armies stop using hot-air balloons for surveillance?
(a) The armies would shoot them down.
(b) People refused to fly them.
(c) They were too expensive to run.
(d) They got caught too easily in trees.

5. Who does Fleabottom ask about the whereabouts of Harold?
(a) Traveling show owners.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is hanging from the confederate soldier's waist?

2. What do the soldiers accuse Fleabottom of doing?

3. Who does the professor say is the only person who knows the answer?

4. What is the bootman's name?

5. What do the crowd chant at Homer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the crowd react to Homer in the crate?

2. In what way is Mr. Willow not the ideal companion for Homer?

3. Why is Homer able to see through the Nibbly's scam?

4. Summarize chapter seventeen.

5. What do the Confederates do with Homer when they capture him?

6. Why do the military surround the traveling show?

7. What false hope does Homer have in this section?

8. How does Homer describe Professor Fleabottom?

9. How does Miss Nibbly get rid of Homer?

10. What do the traveling show learn about the war in chapter twenty six?

(see the answer keys)

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