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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Marcel Proust do to soundproof his environment?
(a) Wore ear muffs.
(b) Put cotton in his ears.
(c) Worked in a cork-lined room.
(d) Worked in a bank vault.

2. To the narrator, New Jersey symbolizes ___________________.
(a) elegant culture.
(b) white trash culture.
(c) American culture.
(d) primitive culture.

3. What does the narrator throw down from his window on some picketers during his college days?
(a) Water balloons.
(b) A paper airplane.
(c) Cold water.
(d) Eggs.

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

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

6. 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.

7. What is the name of first-year campers at the narrator's childhood summer camp?
(a) Bunnies.
(b) Chipmunks.
(c) Does.
(d) Tenderfoots.

8. What does the narrator imagine killing him as he tried to evade the tailgater?
(a) The tailgater.
(b) A hitchhiker.
(c) A 1951 Studebaker.
(d) A semi.

9. In what city landmark is the narrator stalled?
(a) Empire State Building.
(b) Chrysler Building.
(c) Lincoln Tunnel.
(d) Brooklyn Bridge.

10. With whom does the narrator share his favorite snack?
(a) Pig Out and Pauli.
(b) Max and Pig Out.
(c) Pig Out and Big Al.
(d) Jocko and Big Al.

11. The narrator and his friends have a contest of eating _____________ laxatives.
(a) Boomo-Lax.
(b) Correctol.
(c) Ex-Lax.
(d) Miralax.

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

13. Why is Big Al unable to play in the big football game the day after the contest?
(a) He broke his leg.
(b) He dropped out of school.
(c) He is too ill.
(d) The game was cancelled.

14. 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.

15. How long is the bus drive to camp?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the truck in front of the narrator carrying?

2. What name does the narrator say to call him even though it is not his real name?

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

4. What happened to the narrator on the previous day while traveling?

5. What traffic function is common in New Jersey?

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