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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. Why does Mom have the clerk at the camper superstore go over the supplies Dad had picked out?
(a) She is concerned they are buying too many items.
(b) She is hoping her husband will be convinced to cancel the camping trip.
(c) She is worried they do not have enough money to buy all the supplies.
(d) She is nervous they are not getting the right stuff.

2. What disappoints Greg, regarding the new location?
(a) The campsites.
(b) The store.
(c) The showers.
(d) Most of it.

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

4. Why does the narrator not find Wildlife Bingo very fun?
(a) It makes him car sick.
(b) Wildlife makes him nervous.
(c) He does not care for Bingo.
(d) They cannot identify half the animals they see along the side of the road.

5. Greg tries to tell his mom that coming here might have been a mistake, but what does she tell him?
(a) They may have come at the wrong time of year.
(b) He just needs to get used to it.
(c) He is probably right.
(d) He is too sensitive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mom say it is good to be bored?

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

3. Why are the boys most excited about going camping?

4. Why must Greg take a cold shower in the camper?

5. What does Greg think is nibbling on him in the lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the family end up going off the main road?

2. What does the family discover about Uncle Gary’s camper? How does this change their day?

3. What are two reasons why the narrator so excited about the camping superstore?

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

5. Why does Greg get sent back to the camper while on the hike in the national forest?

6. Why does Mom think an RV park is a good idea?

7. How does the family end up getting told they need to leave the forest the next morning?

8. Why is the narrator excited about going camping?

9. How does the narrator feel about how the summer is going so far? Why does he feel this way?

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

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