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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. Where does the narrator think many great ideas are invented?
(a) At family reunions.
(b) In Algebra classes.
(c) At MIT.
(d) On the toilet.

2. In what state does the narrator live?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Virginia.

3. What surprising things do the boys find as they pick up trash?
(a) Beer cans.
(b) Cigarette butts.
(c) Condoms.
(d) Whiskey bottles.

4. The narrator and his friends have a contest of eating _____________ laxatives.
(a) Miralax.
(b) Ex-Lax.
(c) Correctol.
(d) Boomo-Lax.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Big Al unable to play in the big football game the day after the contest?

2. What New Jersey food did the narrator eat while in Colorado?

3. Where is the narrator traveling as the book opens?

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

5. Why are the boys frightened during swimming lessons?

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