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

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

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

4. Where is the narrator's childhood summer camp located?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Maine.

5. What could the narrator tell about the tailgater?
(a) He nicked himself shaving.
(b) He was picking his nose.
(c) He wore a Yankees hat.
(d) He had tortoise shell glasses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Marcel Proust do to soundproof his environment?

3. The narrator can't stand the pressure and tells Lieutenant Cherry about _________________.

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

5. Kissel thinks that the emblem on the Beavers' jackets looks like a squirrel holding _________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe some of the misfortunes that happened to the boys as they tried to engage in camp activities.

6. What prompts the narrator to think of his childhood summer camp days?

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

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

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

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

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