View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story Two, County Fair!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following are NOT found in the Bumpus' yard?
(a) Peacocks.
(b) Rats.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Hounds.

2. How does the narrator's childhood experience at the County Fair compare to a movie he watches when he's an adult that portrays a State Fair set in Indiana?
(a) The food's exactly the same, but he remembers wilder rides.
(b) The County Fair wasn't as exciting as the State Fair in the movie.
(c) His experience is completely different from the movie.
(d) His experience is identical to the movie.

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

4. Soon after consuming three taffy apples, four hot dogs, and two root beers at the County Fair, what else does Randy ingest?
(a) Nachos and iced raspberry tea.
(b) Funnel cake and a fruit smoothie.
(c) A snow cone and three more root beers.
(d) A pickle and some buttermilk.

5. Because of the crowds, how far away from the County Fair does the narrator say his father has to park?
(a) Two towns over.
(b) Six blocks.
(c) In Chicago.
(d) About four miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who successfully rings the bell at the County Fair strong man exhibit?

2. The Taylors, who lived next door to the narrator and his family for many years before the Bumpus family moved in, were what?

3. What happens when Grover Dill insults Delbert Bumpus' name?

4. What happens during the Old Man's favorite ride at the fair?

5. The Old Man is a lifelong fan of which baseball team?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 343 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample