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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. On what highway was the narrator traveling the day before?
(a) Route 66.
(b) I-95.
(c) Route 22.
(d) New Jersey Turnpike.

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

5. How can the narrator best be described in comparison to his camp mates?
(a) An everyman.
(b) A fraud.
(c) An intellectual.
(d) A bully.

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

7. What happened to the narrator on the previous day while traveling?
(a) He hit a fire hydrant.
(b) He had a flat tire.
(c) He was tailgated by another driver.
(d) He ran out of gas.

8. What is the prize for the winning lodge?
(a) Bows and Arrows.
(b) Woodsman Award.
(c) Tomahawk Trophy.
(d) Beaver Award.

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

10. Camp demerits result in the loss of privileges such as _______________.
(a) Later bedtimes.
(b) Movies.
(c) Phone calls.
(d) Ice cream.

11. What New Jersey food did the narrator eat while in Colorado?
(a) Steaks.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Hot dogs.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator consider the place he is stranded?

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

3. Which one of the men in the army company stuffs candy bars into his luggage?

4. What does Umbaugh offer to do after the contest?

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

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