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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story Four, Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What person does the forty-seven pound pumpkin at the County Fair resemble?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Elvis Presley.

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?
(a) Eat hot dogs, cotton candy, and funnel cakes.
(b) Ride the "Lightning Strike" roller coaster.
(c) Watch the parade.
(d) Watch the first heat of the dirt track races.

3. What does the narrator say to get Scut Farkas to challenge him at top spinning?
(a) "I can beat anybody, even the best top player here."
(b) "Our school has never produced a top champion."
(c) "There's no good top men around here, anyway."
(d) "Top spinning is the easiest thing in the world."

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

5. Who is Scut Farkas?
(a) Narrator's cousin.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Bully.
(d) Narrator's best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the boys prepare for their Michigan vacation?

2. Wanting to beat Scut Farkas at his game, what does the narrator do?

3. Soon after consuming three taffy apples, four hot dogs, and two root beers at the County Fair, what else does Randy ingest?

4. What is the name of the school the narrator attends?

5. What name does the narrator give his "weapon"?

(see the answer key)

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