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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the intellectual in the narrator's army company?
(a) Goldberg.
(b) Miller.
(c) Zynzmeister.
(d) Schwab.

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

3. According to the narrator, New Jersey residents are chronic _______________.
(a) Coughers.
(b) Tailgaters.
(c) Smokers.
(d) Gamblers.

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

5. How did the narrator pay for college expenses?
(a) Trust fund.
(b) Bank student loans.
(c) Scholarships.
(d) GI Bill.

6. What is the narrator talking about when he says that one man sneezing blew the top off his next door neighbor's sandwich?
(a) Inner city apartments.
(b) A traffic jam.
(c) New Jersey hotels.
(d) New Jersey beaches.

7. What does Umbaugh offer to do after the contest?
(a) Do his friends' laundry.
(b) Buy breakfast for his friends.
(c) Wash the narrator's car.
(d) Take an exam for Big Al.

8. In addition to the Statue of Liberty, what else does the narrator think is an American construct of false Utopia?
(a) NFL Football.
(b) Sea World.
(c) Disneyland.
(d) McDonald's.

9. The tendency of all New Jerseyites to long for home is called ____________________.
(a) Home Sweet New Jersey.
(b) There's No Place Like New Jersey.
(c) New Jersey Nostalgia.
(d) Old Folks Week.

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

11. What name does the narrator say to call him even though it is not his real name?
(a) Max.
(b) Bill.
(c) Dave.
(d) Joe.

12. What does the narrator do after passing out food for fifteen hours straight?
(a) Falling asleep on his feet.
(b) Falling into the food.
(c) Goes AWOL.
(d) Fainting.

13. Where is the narrator as this chapter begins?
(a) In the subway.
(b) In his car.
(c) On a bus.
(d) On a plane.

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

15. What is the name of the lodge to which the narrator is assigned?
(a) Possum Lodge.
(b) Mole Lodge.
(c) Bear Cub Cabin.
(d) Chipmunk Cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of boat do the campers get to try?

2. Who is the scholarly one in the narrator's dorm?

3. What does the narrator say is like a sentence in hell?

4. For what job does the narrator get selected on the train?

5. What is the treasure to be found at the end of the camp season?

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