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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time did the men want to wake up on the day they start their journey?
(a) 7:30 a.m.
(b) 4:30 a.m.
(c) 5:30 a.m.
(d) 6:30 a.m.

2. Where do the men decide they will wash their clothes?
(a) At a private house.
(b) They bring enough clothes so they don't have to wash any.
(c) At a laundromat.
(d) In the river.

3. Where is George when he hears the bells chime in the story J. tells?
(a) At the bus station.
(b) Still in bed.
(c) Fishing at the shore.
(d) At his office.

4. What do the men need to do to set up their boat for sleeping?
(a) Get blankets from storage.
(b) Set up tents.
(c) Hang hoops and canvas.
(d) Blow up their air mattresses.

5. What does the story of the shop in a former house prompt J. to think about?
(a) How there's nothing like a place to call home.
(b) How people always seem to end up with what they do not want.
(c) How money can't buy happiness.
(d) How important women are to making a place look nice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men decide not to list when it comes to packing?

2. What kind of song does the audience think the German man is singing in J.'s story about the joke being played on everyone at a dinner party?

3. What is "Picnic Point"?

4. In the first chapter, who admits that he is something of a hypochondriac?

5. What do the men push aside to make room for everything they want to pack?

(see the answer key)

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