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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Greg say you never see in the old black-and-white photos?

2. In Section 1, what does Greg say that his family has for a pet?

3. How long would it have taken Greg to do the homework that Frew does for him in Section 1?

4. What was Frank able to buy when he and Giles had a lemonade stand?

5. What does Greg's grandfather say they played when he was a kid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do grown-ups say about the "good old days," and why does Greg think grow-ups always talk about the "good old days"?

2. What does Greg decide to sell when the lemonade does not work out, and how does he try to advertise?

3. Why is the town park such a mess?

4. What dessert does the Old-Timey Ice Cream Parlour have that Greg does not like?

5. What is happening at the Heffley house when they go home after finding Rodrick in Section 2?

6. What happened to Greg last summer at the town pool?

7. Why were some teenagers brought to the park for the cleanup?

8. How did Greg spend his summer this year, and why did he choose that activity?

9. What happens to Greg's Fitness Water when he takes it to the park?

10. What happens when Greg asks his mother to open a microwave burrito for him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hardscrabble Farms is a challenge for Greg and his class mates. Why is Hardscrabble Farms a challenge for Greg and his calls mates? What is the most difficult and terrifying thing for them to deal with? How do they deal with that challenge?

Essay Topic 2

Family is an important theme in the book. In what way is family important to Greg, his parents, his grandfather, and his brothers? How does this importance affect how family members treat one another? Why does family seem more important to some of the Heffley family members than others?

Essay Topic 3

In Section 2, Both Greg and Rodrick are caught in schemes to deceive. What schemes did the two of them have to be deceitful? Did they suffer consequences, and how did those consequences affect their behavior?

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