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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. At the end of camp the Chipmunks are promoted to _____________.
(a) Beavers.
(b) Lions.
(c) Stallions.
(d) Eagles.

2. What about Big Al Dagellio irritates the narrator?
(a) He never brushes his teeth.
(b) He chews with his mouth open.
(c) He snores like a tugboat.
(d) He calls Fig Newtons cookies.

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

4. What does the narrator throw down from his window on some picketers during his college days?
(a) Cold water.
(b) Eggs.
(c) A paper airplane.
(d) Water balloons.

5. What does the narrator do after passing out food for fifteen hours straight?
(a) Fainting.
(b) Goes AWOL.
(c) Falling into the food.
(d) Falling asleep on his feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what job does the narrator get selected on the train?

2. What does the narrator imagine killing him as he tried to evade the tailgater?

3. What does Kissel make in leathercraft?

4. Who is the scholarly one in the narrator's dorm?

5. What surprising things do the boys find as they pick up trash?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the narrator's experience on cleanup detail at camp.

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

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

10. How does the narrator's experience on the troop train parallel his journey through the Lincoln Tunnel and how does he cope with such circumstances?

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