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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 was the name of Greg's fifth grade teacher?

2. Where do Greg and his family go for breakfast in Section 2?

3. When Greg was in fifth grade, how long ago did the author he wrote to die?

4. Whose house did Rodrick toilet-paper?

5. In Section 2, what is the name of the fair Susan wants to go to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are there no Underpants Bandits book in the school library?

2. Why did Greg's Flat Stanley not get returned when his mother sent it off for him in second grade?

3. What happens when Greg yells at kids playing with a cleaning cart during the night at the motel?

4. What are Greg's favorite books and what are they about?

5. What problems do the Heffleys find with the motel room they get in Section 2?

6. What is the first game that Mom wants to play on the road trip, and how is it played?

7. What does Rodrick do when Mom says buying frozen pizza was not a good idea?

8. Why has Dad never gotten his boat out on the water?

9. Why do the Heffleys not go to a different motel?

10. Where does Greg's mom get a lot of ideas for family activities, and how do those ideas work out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Family members do not always make wise decisions. Why does Susan decide the family should start making activity plans together? What is the challenge of group decisions, and how successful are group decisions?

Essay Topic 2

Susan gets ideas for family activities from a magazine. How does the magazine present activities and how they will appeal to a family? How do those activities usually work out for the Heffleys? What is the difference between Susan’s expectations for activities and the reality of what happens when the family tries those activities?

Essay Topic 3

The Heffleys sneak into the Beardos hotel room. Why do the Heffleys break into the room? Are the Heffleys justified in breaking into the room?

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