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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. Who emerges as the ne'er-do-well leader of the Beavers?
(a) Jake.
(b) Will.
(c) Buzz.
(d) Max.

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

3. Who is the head of the summer camp?
(a) Colonel Bullard.
(b) Colonel Quigby.
(c) Colonel Buford.
(d) Colonel Bastion.

4. What name is given to the chubby Chipmunk after he gets sick?
(a) Barfster.
(b) Greaser.
(c) Skunk.
(d) Pukey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The head of the camp swears in the boys with an oath and _____________________.

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

3. What surprising things do the boys find as they pick up trash?

4. What does Lieutenant Cherry warn the men about not doing so the locals won't come after them with guns?

5. What does the narrator think is a true Utopia?

(see the answer key)

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