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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 was the name of the narrator's childhood summer camp?
(a) Camp Q-To-Kee.
(b) Camp Potawatamie.
(c) Camp Nobba-WaWa-Nockee.
(d) Camp Nobba-Knees-Nockee.

2. For what job does the narrator get selected on the train?
(a) Surveillance.
(b) KP duty.
(c) Communications.
(d) Guard duty.

3. According to the narrator, New Jerseyites are bound together as _______________.
(a) A clan.
(b) Freaks of nature.
(c) Survivors.
(d) A species.

4. In what conditions did Balzac write?
(a) In a mausoleum.
(b) In a church.
(c) In a cafe.
(d) In a heavy-curtained room at night.

5. What is the building made to look like a ship near the New Jersey highway?
(a) Flagship.
(b) USS New Jersey.
(c) Titanic II.
(d) H.M.S. New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the chubby Chipmunk retaliate against Captain Crabtree's authoritarian manner?

2. What is the culminating event of the summer at camp?

3. In what state does the narrator live?

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

5. The narrator could tell that the tailgater was eating _________________.

(see the answer key)

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