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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator now understands that _______________ bet against the school team and disabled the star player in the laxative contest.
(a) The narrator.
(b) Umbaugh.
(c) Goldberg.
(d) Jocko.

3. What traffic function is common in New Jersey?
(a) Right turn on red.
(b) One way streets.
(c) Higher speed limits.
(d) Traffic Circles.

4. What does the narrator say is always the butt of comedians' jokes?
(a) The President.
(b) Donald Trump.
(c) Martha Stewart.
(d) New Jersey.

5. How long is the bus drive to camp?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 8 hours.

6. What does Lieutenant Cherry warn the men about not doing so the locals won't come after them with guns?
(a) Date the local girls.
(b) Talk about the pretty girls.
(c) Get drunk and rowdy.
(d) Doing drugs.

7. How does the narrator view the foibles of mankind in his corner of the world?
(a) With irritation.
(b) With disregard.
(c) With hate.
(d) With love.

8. What is the name of the train onto which the men are loaded?
(a) The Georgia Peach.
(b) The B&O Railroad.
(c) The Juggernaut.
(d) The Widow Maker.

9. What is the name of first-year campers at the narrator's childhood summer camp?
(a) Tenderfoots.
(b) Chipmunks.
(c) Bunnies.
(d) Does.

10. How does the chubby Chipmunk retaliate against Captain Crabtree's authoritarian manner?
(a) He bites him.
(b) He kicks him in the groin.
(c) He spits on him.
(d) He vomits on him.

11. What day is it at the mess hall at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Hot Dog Day.
(b) Spaghetti Day.
(c) Hamburger Day.
(d) Pizza Day.

12. What does the narrator throw down from his window on some picketers during his college days?
(a) Cold water.
(b) Water balloons.
(c) A paper airplane.
(d) Eggs.

13. The head of the camp swears in the boys with an oath and _____________________.
(a) A secret wolf call.
(b) Handshake.
(c) The Pledge of Allegiance.
(d) A bird call.

14. What does the narrator think as he is stalled in this chapter?
(a) What he is going to have for dinner.
(b) How much beer he has at home.
(c) How much his head hurts.
(d) How each generation attacks the next.

15. Why are the boys frightened during swimming lessons?
(a) It starts to thunder.
(b) The water is really choppy.
(c) One of the boys claims to feel the lake monster.
(d) The lake is dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state does the narrator live?

2. Who is the first boy to leave the contest?

3. What does Ernie get off the train to do?

4. Where was the treasure hunt prize found?

5. What does the narrator consider the place he is stranded?

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