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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story Five, The Star-crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What marks the start of the Shepherd-Bumpus feud?
(a) The Old Man calls the Bumpus family country hicks.
(b) The ham is taken by the hounds.
(c) Blaring country music is played every night.
(d) Mr. Bumpus rams his truck into the Old Man's porch.

2. What happens during the Old Man's favorite ride at the fair?
(a) The Old Man loses his glasses, which fall and shatter.
(b) The ride breaks down and they're stuck upside down for forty minutes.
(c) The narrator cries and screams the entire ride.
(d) Randy throws up all over his brother and father.

3. What does the Old Man find touching when he's looking at the County Fair quilts with his family?
(a) A quilt commemorating ice hockey.
(b) Seeing Luke Appling on a quilt.
(c) Seeing a 92-year-old lady making quilt squares.
(d) A quilt commemorating beer making.

4. Wanting to beat Scut Farkas at his game, what does the narrator do?
(a) Spies on Farkas to see how he does it.
(b) Gets Flick to teach him new techniques.
(c) Reads a book written by a master top spinner.
(d) Sets up a practice schedule to hone his skills.

5. On the morning of the family's departure for their Michigan trip, Mother is in the kitchen scrambling eggs and making coffee while the Old Man is doing what?
(a) Yelling at the neighbors.
(b) Packing the car.
(c) Making waffles.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator start to worry about at the party with Josie?

2. The night before the County Fair, the Old Man says he doesn't care if Mother checks out the quilts and raspberry jams so long as he and the narrator can do what?

3. What does Farkas mean when he challenges the narrator to play for keeps?

4. Among the animals at the fair, the Shepherds see what?

5. The night of his date with Josie, the narrator arrives with what?

(see the answer key)

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