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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the truck in front of the narrator carrying?
(a) Milk.
(b) Chemicals.
(c) Flattened cars.
(d) Tires.

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

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

4. Where is the narrator's childhood summer camp located?
(a) Maine.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Vermont.

5. What traffic function is common in New Jersey?
(a) Traffic Circles.
(b) Higher speed limits.
(c) Right turn on red.
(d) One way streets.

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

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

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

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

10. What does Kissel make in leathercraft?
(a) A wallet.
(b) A shoulder holster for his father's bourbon bottle.
(c) A batting glove.
(d) A belt.

11. Who is in the car in front of the narrator?
(a) Newlyweds.
(b) Tourists.
(c) College kids.
(d) An elderly couple.

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

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

14. What wooden animal stands on a beach?
(a) Elephant.
(b) Horse.
(c) Bear.
(d) Tiger.

15. From what city does the summer camp bus depart?
(a) Milwaukee.
(b) Toledo.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Detroit.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state does the narrator live?

2. Who is the camp leader who facilitates the boys' getting on the camp bus?

3. What is the building made to look like a ship near the New Jersey highway?

4. The tendency of all New Jerseyites to long for home is called ____________________.

5. According to the narrator, American culture builds up what kind of ideas?

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