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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 was the name of the General Motors magazine for which the narrator wrote an article?
(a) Friends.
(b) Highways.
(c) On the Move.
(d) Generalities.

2. What mantra did the narrator develop in class?
(a) I'm not the one you want.
(b) You don't see me.
(c) I'm not here.
(d) Don't call on me.

3. The narrator finds that Van people and Camper people are all ________________.
(a) Smug.
(b) Comedians.
(c) Retired.
(d) Criminals.

4. Why was the narrator always seated at the back of the class?
(a) He is one of the tallest kids in class.
(b) His last name is near the end of the alphabet.
(c) He has perfect eyesight and can see the board from there.
(d) He is not a troublemaker.

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 gun shop.
(d) A whorehouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. The exuberant colors, dancing, and music of the commercials have an element of ______________ about them.

2. What disturbing information did the groundskeeper at the park tell the boys?

3. How is the Johnson Smith catalog distributed?

4. The archaeologists may think that a dog in a commercial is a __________________.

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. How does the narrator speculate that the archaeologists might think the commercials are somehow religious media?

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

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

5. Describe the narrator's surprise inspiration in Algebra class and how he avoided looking like the failure he was sure he was.

6. How was the great Ice Cream War another example of brains vs. brawn in the narrator's life?

7. What scenario does the narrator imagine in which archaeologists discover television advertising and what are their perceptions of it?

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

9. What human foibles does the Johnson Smith catalog prey on and why does the narrator appreciate it?

10. What prompts the narrator's memory about the great ice cream war?

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