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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Marathon Run of Lonesome Ernie, the Arkansas Traveler.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the older campers at the narrator's childhood summer camp called?
(a) Foxes.
(b) Cheetahs.
(c) Beavers.
(d) Wolves.

2. The narrator can't stand the pressure and tells Lieutenant Cherry about _________________.
(a) Ernie missing the train.
(b) his drug problem.
(c) Johnson going AWOL.
(d) stealing some cigarettes.

3. What do the boys fear as they try to get to sleep?
(a) An ax murderer.
(b) Pranks from the Beavers.
(c) Thunder dna lightning.
(d) A Thing in the Woods.

4. What did each boy bet in the contest?
(a) $100.
(b) $5.
(c) $50.
(d) $20.

5. What does the narrator consider the place he is stranded?
(a) Hell.
(b) Limbo.
(c) Purgatory.
(d) Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to the Statue of Liberty, what else does the narrator think is an American construct of false Utopia?

2. What food does the narrator dish out when he is working on the train?

3. What is the name of the train onto which the men are loaded?

4. To what does the narrator compare the Margate Elephant?

5. Camp demerits result in the loss of privileges such as _______________.

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