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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 local landmark did the narrator see when returning to his hometown?
(a) Yankee soldier statue.
(b) Little League diamonds.
(c) Maid-Rite sandwich shop.
(d) Igloo ice cream parlor.

2. Sitting in his car, the narrator thinks about all the expressions about ___________ in the English language.
(a) Horses.
(b) Money.
(c) Politics.
(d) The weather.

3. For what type of firm did Howard work?
(a) Law.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Investment.
(d) Public Relations.

4. When the narrator imagines a future archaeological dig at a lost city, what does he think the rediscovered city will be called?
(a) Big Sky.
(b) Big Nothing.
(c) Big Apple.
(d) Big Easy.

5. Ironically, the happy, family, outdoorsy vehicle known as the camper is now used by the Mafia as ____________________________.
(a) A liquor store.
(b) A drug den.
(c) A whorehouse.
(d) A gun shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Howard, what are the BNAs?

2. How is the Johnson Smith catalog distributed?

3. The narrator recalls sitting in a class taught by _______________.

4. Why did Howard want to sell his car?

5. What is the narrator's most common position in life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator attribute his academic doom to classroom seating?

2. What prompts the narrator to think about advertising and a future archaeological dig where New York City is excavated?

3. What is the imaginary Sociology lecture the narrator gives on car culture and describe the differences between the Camper Crowd and Van people.

4. How does the narrator recall growing up in his family in small-town Indiana?

5. What ironies does the narrator point out in the actuality of camper and van usage as opposed to the typical perceptions of the vehicles?

6. What defense mechanisms did the kids in the back of the room develop in order to deflect the teachers' questions?

7. What are the differences in driving styles between the Camper Crowd and van people?

8. Why do people find items such as those found in the Johnson Smith catalog to be humorous?

9. What was the worst case scenario of a BNA?

10. With what does the narrator credit the Johnson Smith catalog for being and how will it stand up as an American culture artifact?

(see the answer keys)

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