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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Marcel Proust Meets the New Jersey Tailgater, and Survives.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to the Statue of Liberty, what else does the narrator think is an American construct of false Utopia?
(a) Disneyland.
(b) NFL Football.
(c) Sea World.
(d) McDonald's.

2. What does Umbaugh offer to do after the contest?
(a) Take an exam for Big Al.
(b) Buy breakfast for his friends.
(c) Wash the narrator's car.
(d) Do his friends' laundry.

3. What wooden animal stands on a beach?
(a) Horse.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Bear.
(d) Elephant.

4. Why is Big Al unable to play in the big football game the day after the contest?
(a) He dropped out of school.
(b) He is too ill.
(c) He broke his leg.
(d) The game was cancelled.

5. What do the boys learn in forestcraft?
(a) How to identify poison ivy.
(b) How to find edible berries.
(c) How to mark a trail.
(d) How to find North.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprising things do the boys find as they pick up trash?

2. What happened to the narrator on the previous day while traveling?

3. What is the name of first-year campers at the narrator's childhood summer camp?

4. Who is in the car in front of the narrator?

5. The head of the camp swears in the boys with an oath and _____________________.

(see the answer key)

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