Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Here We Are? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. When the wife looks out the train window at the beginning of the story, she sees billboards advertising what?
Taco Bell
wedding dresses and veils
vacuum cleaners and washing machines
cod without bones and gates that don't rust
Q. When the wife says she's going to write some letters once they get to New York, the husband jokingly says he'll get her ______ and ______ so she won't be bored.
peanuts and a magazine
seltzer water and cashews
a pack of cards and a Coke
a kazoo and a kaleidoscope
Q. The wife says she keeps thinking about people all over the world (like in China and other places) who are all:
attending the weddings of close relatives
tickling each other and collapsing with giggles
riding on trains
getting married
Q. The wife says she thinks that her current hat is better than:
the crown jewels of Zambia
her sister Ellie's hat
her old blue hat
the husband's hat
Q. At the very beginning of the story, the narrator says that the wife looked "as new as ______."
a spring chicken
a freshly-washed duck
a peeled egg
an early May flower