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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 is the downside to showing up last-minute to their new location?
(a) They have to pay an extra fee.
(b) They have to stay outside the campgrounds.
(c) There are no campsites.
(d) There are only small economy spots left.

2. Right at what time is it lights out at the campsite?
(a) 9 p.m.
(b) 1 a.m.
(c) 8 p.m.
(d) 10 p.m.

3. What is the problem with the camper?
(a) It does not have a bathroom.
(b) It has a broken axle.
(c) It is missing a tire.
(d) It is filthy.

4. What about Mom's behavior is making the narrator uneasy the last couple days before the trip?
(a) She has been taking lots of pictures to post on social media.
(b) It seems she might want to make the camping trip educational.
(c) She has been researching adventure activities.
(d) She is hoping to find someplace they can all relax and do nothing.

5. Why is it hard for the family that Dad is working from home?
(a) He is busy working all the time.
(b) He gets very irritable with them.
(c) When he has meetings, the rest of them have to pretend they are not there.
(d) He gets the whole family involved with his work.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the camper like Gramma's basement?

2. Greg thinks back to the day before when the entire family agreed their trip is what?

3. What does Mom do when she takes away the boys' electronic devices?

4. What is the animal doing in the family's campsite?

5. How does the family decide to go camping?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator feel Mom treats Manny? Give two examples.

2. What leads the family to choose to go camping?

3. How do the narrator, Rodrick, and Manny react when their dad, as he is picking out fishing poles, says they are going to live off the land?

4. Why are the narrator and his family getting tired of their time together?

5. What are a couple thoughts that the narrator has about the book Noah’s Ark?

6. Why does Mom not like the fact her family is lounging around the campsite at the national forest?

7. Why is the narrator excited about going camping?

8. Why does the name of the RV park excite Greg?

9. Why is the family living in Gramma’s basement?

10. What are two mishaps as the family takes back roads to seek their own adventures?

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