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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 narrator talking about when he says that one man sneezing blew the top off his next door neighbor's sandwich?
(a) Inner city apartments.
(b) New Jersey hotels.
(c) A traffic jam.
(d) New Jersey beaches.

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

3. The Nobba-WaWa-Nockee Loyalty Song is sung to the tune of what other song?
(a) Notre Dame Fight Song.
(b) Old MacDonald.
(c) A Hundred Bottles of Beer on the Wall.
(d) Row, Row, Row Your Boat.

4. Where is the narrator as this chapter begins?
(a) In the subway.
(b) In his car.
(c) On a plane.
(d) On a bus.

5. Who is the camp leader who facilitates the boys' getting on the camp bus?
(a) Captain Cranky.
(b) Captain Crabtree.
(c) Captain Courageous.
(d) Captain Carlson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who emerges as the ne'er-do-well leader of the Beavers?

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

3. Who is the head of the summer camp?

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

5. What does the narrator say is always the butt of comedians' jokes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the boys initiated into camp life upon their arrival?

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

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 misfortunes that happened to the boys as they tried to engage in camp activities.

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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