3. How does the chubby Chipmunk retaliate against Captain Crabtree's authoritarian manner?
(a) He bites him.
(b) He vomits on him.
(c) He kicks him in the groin.
(d) He spits on him.

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

5. What does the narrator consider the place he is stranded?
(a) Purgatory.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Hell.
(d) Limbo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys fear as they try to get to sleep?

2. Who was the intellectual in the narrator's army company?

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

4. What is the name of the train onto which the men are loaded?

5. What happens to the narrator's car in the Lincoln Tunnel?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Describe some of the projects created in leathercraft.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why was the narrator underwhelmed by his summer camp experience?

(see the answer keys)

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