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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. According to the narrator, American culture builds up what kind of ideas?
(a) Implausible.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Utopian.
(d) Brilliant.

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

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

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

5. What does Ernie get off the train to do?
(a) Make a phone call.
(b) Get some fresh air.
(c) Buy beer.
(d) Buy some magazines.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator ruminates that the place he is stranded can ___________________.

2. What does the narrator think is a true Utopia?

3. What does the narrator think as he is stalled in this chapter?

4. In addition to the Statue of Liberty, what else does the narrator think is an American construct of false Utopia?

5. Where is the narrator as this chapter begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some of the projects created in leathercraft.

2. What are the rules of the contest Umbaugh suggested?

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

4. Describe some of the misfortunes that happened to the boys as they tried to engage in camp activities.

5. In what circumstances does the narrator find himself as the novel opens and how does he perceive his circumstances?

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

7. How did the narrator prepare for camp and by what name will his group be called once they get there?

8. Describe the experience of Dan Baxter being punished for smoking cigarettes.

9. How is the narrator--as an observer of life--typically different from people like Umbaugh and Skunk?

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

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