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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does the narrator dish out when he is working on the train?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Meat loaf.
(c) Gravy.
(d) Beans.

2. Which one of the men in the army company stuffs candy bars into his luggage?
(a) Hartman.
(b) Harris.
(c) Gasser.
(d) Goldman.

3. What type of boat do the campers get to try?
(a) Speed.
(b) Canoe.
(c) Kayak.
(d) Pontoon.

4. What insects do the boys disturb on a hike with Captain Crabtree?
(a) Wasps.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Bees.
(d) Hornets.

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

6. Who is the first boy to leave the contest?
(a) Big Al.
(b) Goldberg.
(c) Umbaugh.
(d) The narrator.

7. What does the sergeant make Dan Baxter do when he catches Dan smoking?
(a) Throw away the cigarettes in the outhouse.
(b) Cut up the cigarettes with a tomahawk.
(c) Drench the cigarettes in a bucket of water.
(d) Smoke the pack of cigarettes with a bucket over his head.

8. In what format does the narrator recall the information about writers?
(a) A television lecture.
(b) A museum tour.
(c) An NPR show.
(d) A seminar presentation.

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

10. How does the chubby Chipmunk retaliate against Captain Crabtree's authoritarian manner?
(a) He bites him.
(b) He kicks him in the groin.
(c) He spits on him.
(d) He vomits on him.

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

12. What day is it at the mess hall at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) Hamburger Day.
(b) Spaghetti Day.
(c) Hot Dog Day.
(d) Pizza Day.

13. What was the narrator's army radar company?
(a) Company K.
(b) Company B.
(c) Company F.
(d) Company A.

14. Who is the camp leader who facilitates the boys' getting on the camp bus?
(a) Captain Cranky.
(b) Captain Crabtree.
(c) Captain Courageous.
(d) Captain Carlson.

15. What is the name of the train onto which the men are loaded?
(a) The Juggernaut.
(b) The Georgia Peach.
(c) The B&O Railroad.
(d) The Widow Maker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator's childhood summer camp located?

2. The narrator ruminates that the place he is stranded can ___________________.

3. Kissel thinks that the emblem on the Beavers' jackets looks like a squirrel holding _________________.

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

5. Who is the head of the summer camp?

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