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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Story 7, The Return of the Smiling Wimpy Doll Summary:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator get to the Bigelow family's neighborhood?
(a) Long bus ride.
(b) Takes the family car.
(c) Long bike ride.
(d) Gets a ride from his father.

2. Who is Iron Man Gabruzzi's arch-rival?
(a) Duke Grunion.
(b) Joe Firebender.
(c) Walt Whedbe.
(d) Anthony Dombruni.

3. What is the name of the new girl next door whom the narrator is smitten by?
(a) Justine.
(b) Caroline.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Christine.

4. How does the narrator feel when, as an adult, he receives a mysterious package?
(a) Like he's five-years-old again.
(b) First excited, then overcome by dread and caution.
(c) Old and burned out.
(d) Completely indifferent.

5. When the narrator tells his father that he forgot to pack something important for the Michigan trip, what happens?
(a) Randy laughs at him until the narrator punches him.
(b) Mother tells him to not worry because he'll have fun anyway.
(c) The Old Man stops at a store to buy another one.
(d) The Old Man reprimands him while he weeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the fair, who wins the dirt races by half a car length?

2. What does the Old Man do trying to get a glimpse of the new family that moves in next door?

3. What is the name of the Indiana town where most of the stories in the book supposedly take place?

4. How does the Old Man react to the news that the narrator has asked Max Bigelow's daughter out on a date?

5. What comment does Josie's mother make after her daughter appears, now ready for the party?

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