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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 is the treasure to be found at the end of the camp season?
(a) The Sacred Golden Tomahawk.
(b) The Most Revered Bear Paw.
(c) The Golden Bow and Arrows.
(d) The Bronze Canoe Paddle.

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

3. The tendency of all New Jerseyites to long for home is called ____________________.
(a) Home Sweet New Jersey.
(b) New Jersey Nostalgia.
(c) There's No Place Like New Jersey.
(d) Old Folks Week.

4. On what round of the contest does Big Al collapse?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 7th.
(c) 14th.
(d) 10th.

5. What food does the narrator dish out when he is working on the train?
(a) Meat loaf.
(b) Gravy.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is given to the chubby Chipmunk after he gets sick?

2. What does the narrator say ruined a high class New Jersey party?

3. Where is the narrator traveling as the book opens?

4. What was the truck in front of the narrator carrying?

5. What does Ernie get off the train to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Big Al during the contest and what does the narrator realize about Umbaugh's actions years later?

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

3. How did Captain Crabtree manage the situation with the reluctant fat Chipmunk?

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

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

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

7. How does New Jersey symbolize American culture for the narrator?

8. What does the narrator think about the New Jersey traffic circles?

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

10. Describe some of the projects created in leathercraft.

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