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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 happens to the boys when they are in search of clues?
(a) They fall out of a treehouse.
(b) They get struck by lightning.
(c) They fall into a ravine.
(d) They get lost in a cave.

2. For what job does the narrator get selected on the train?
(a) KP duty.
(b) Communications.
(c) Guard duty.
(d) Surveillance.

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

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

5. Who emerges as the ne'er-do-well leader of the Beavers?
(a) Buzz.
(b) Max.
(c) Will.
(d) Jake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the narrator's army radar company?

2. In what city landmark is the narrator stalled?

3. In addition to the Statue of Liberty, what else does the narrator think is an American construct of false Utopia?

4. What does the narrator say is like a sentence in hell?

5. What was the name of the narrator's childhood summer camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe some of the projects created in leathercraft.

5. Name some New Jersey characteristics that make it the butt of comedians' jokes.

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

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

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

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

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

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