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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, behind all the gaudiness of New Jersey lies ____________________.
(a) Endless subdivisions.
(b) People struggling to survive.
(c) More gaudiness.
(d) A human striving for something grand.

3. What did each boy bet in the contest?
(a) $20.
(b) $50.
(c) $5.
(d) $100.

4. What happens to the boys when they are in search of clues?
(a) They fall out of a treehouse.
(b) They fall into a ravine.
(c) They get struck by lightning.
(d) They get lost in a cave.

5. What does Lieutenant Cherry warn the men about not doing so the locals won't come after them with guns?
(a) Date the local girls.
(b) Doing drugs.
(c) Get drunk and rowdy.
(d) Talk about the pretty girls.

6. The head of the camp swears in the boys with an oath and _____________________.
(a) A bird call.
(b) Handshake.
(c) A secret wolf call.
(d) The Pledge of Allegiance.

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

8. Where does the narrator think many great ideas are invented?
(a) At family reunions.
(b) On the toilet.
(c) At MIT.
(d) In Algebra classes.

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

10. The narrator can't stand the pressure and tells Lieutenant Cherry about _________________.
(a) stealing some cigarettes.
(b) Ernie missing the train.
(c) Johnson going AWOL.
(d) his drug problem.

11. What does the narrator say is like a sentence in hell?
(a) Quitting smoking.
(b) 24-hour guard duty.
(c) Doing laundry.
(d) Washing pots and pans.

12. When does Ernie re-join his company after getting off the train?
(a) The next day.
(b) In a couple hours.
(c) He never returns.
(d) In a week.

13. Where is the narrator traveling as the book opens?
(a) New York to New Jersey.
(b) New York to Pennsylvania.
(c) New York to Boston.
(d) New Jersey to New York.

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

15. What is the narrator's favorite snack?
(a) Oreos.
(b) Cheetos.
(c) Fig Newtons.
(d) Doritos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does the narrator dish out when he is working on the train?

2. In what conditions did Balzac write?

3. What happens to the narrator's car in the Lincoln Tunnel?

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

5. Who was the intellectual in the narrator's army company?

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