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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the head of the summer camp?
(a) Colonel Quigby.
(b) Colonel Bullard.
(c) Colonel Buford.
(d) Colonel Bastion.

4. The narrator could tell that the tailgater was eating _________________.
(a) A slice of pizza.
(b) A Big Mac.
(c) An ice cream cone.
(d) A hot dog.

5. Where was the treasure hunt prize found?
(a) A display case.
(b) A cave.
(c) The mess hall.
(d) A treehouse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator view the foibles of mankind in his corner of the world?

3. What insects do the boys disturb on a hike with Captain Crabtree?

4. At the end of camp the Chipmunks are promoted to _____________.

5. What is the name of first-year campers at the narrator's childhood summer camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the premise of A FISTFUL OF FIG NEWTONS?

2. Why was forestcraft so boring to the narrator and his friends?

3. What does the forming of clans among New Jerseyites mean?

4. How did the fat Chipmunk earn the name of Skunk?

5. What is the narrator's favorite snack and how does it add a bright spot to a dull weekend?

6. What was the narrator able to tell about the tailgater following him yesterday?

7. Why does the book never mention the narrator's wartime experiences?

8. Why does the narrator question his impatience to get through the tunnel?

9. Why was the narrator underwhelmed by his summer camp experience?

10. Who is Ernie and what happened to him during the narrator's story of KP duty?

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