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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) One way streets.
(b) Right turn on red.
(c) Traffic Circles.
(d) Higher speed limits.

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

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

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

5. Why is Big Al unable to play in the big football game the day after the contest?
(a) He broke his leg.
(b) The game was cancelled.
(c) He dropped out of school.
(d) He is too ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the head of the summer camp?

2. What are the older campers at the narrator's childhood summer camp called?

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

4. From what city does the summer camp bus depart?

5. What does Kissel make in leathercraft?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some New Jersey highway landmarks the narrator mentions?

2. What prompts the narrator to recall his college days?

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

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

5. Describe some of the projects created in leathercraft.

6. How did the narrator conquer the tailgater just by using his mental prowess?

7. How does the narrator make comparisons between Skunk from summer camp and Umbaugh from college?

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

9. How did Proust and Balzac block out the world and what does that same thing for the narrator?

10. How did the narrator's army experience separate him from the world?

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