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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Greg get off the trail at the national forest?
(a) He wants to find a shorter path.
(b) He wants more adventure.
(c) He does not realize he has veered off the path.
(d) He remembers the clerk at the camping superstore telling them that bears will often use human paths.

2. The ranger then says the family needs to do what in the morning?
(a) Find a new campsite.
(b) Clean up their garbage.
(c) Be careful, due to the bear.
(d) Leave.

3. What is NOT a group of campers described by Greg?
(a) The luxury campers.
(b) Girl Scout troops.
(c) The economy campers.
(d) The wild, loud campers.

4. When Greg cannot figure out how to get back on the path, how does he react?
(a) He bangs the pots and pans.
(b) He screams for help.
(c) He starts to laugh.
(d) He starts to panic.

5. What does Greg, the narrator, regret when his mom pays for a planet to be named after him?
(a) His friends are jealous.
(b) He thinks it is really dorky.
(c) He owns it but cannot visit it.
(d) It only has his first name, so anyone named Greg could steal his planet.

6. What is the name of the place the family first stops?
(a) The Grand Canyon.
(b) The Great Salt Lake.
(c) Culpepper's Ravine.
(d) Culpers' Spy Ring.

7. How does the narrator feel about Rowley, since his family has decided to go camping?
(a) Sad that Rowley cannot join them.
(b) Sorry for him.
(c) Annoyed that Rowley still gets a better vacation.
(d) Envious of him.

8. How long has the family been living in Gramma's basement at the start of the story?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Two months.
(d) Six months.

9. Why does the family not get out at their first stop?
(a) There is no place to park, as the place is packed.
(b) The majority of the family does not want to stop.
(c) The ticket price is too high.
(d) The activities are not geared towards small children.

10. Why does the family get off the main road?
(a) To avoid running into wild animals.
(b) To go fishing.
(c) To avoid traffic.
(d) To find something special.

11. How does Mom feel about time slowing down?
(a) Worried.
(b) Glad.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

12. Why does the family only have the Fun Float as an option?
(a) They cannot agree on any other ride to do as a family.
(b) Many of the rides are closed for maintenance.
(c) Manny is not tall enough to ride the other rides.
(d) All the other rides are packed.

13. Why does Mom say it is good to be bored?
(a) It makes you use your imagination.
(b) It encourages you to read a book.
(c) It makes you appreciate the times you are busy.
(d) It makes you smarter.

14. What does Greg realize the local residents at the park think of the park guests?
(a) They do not like them.
(b) They do not allow them in their part of the park.
(c) They hope they become full-time residents.
(d) They love having them around.

15. What concerns the narrator regarding Mom's behavior towards Manny?
(a) She is babying him.
(b) She is cruel to him.
(c) She ignores him.
(d) She gives him too many responsibilities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dad want to live on the open road in an RV?

2. Why does the narrator not find Wildlife Bingo very fun?

3. Why does Mom have the clerk at the camper superstore go over the supplies Dad had picked out?

4. What does Rodrick do when he is too hungry to wait for Gramma's friends to leave?

5. How does Greg end up embarrassed on the Fun Float?

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