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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. How old is Manny?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

2. Why does the narrator not want to visit local vacation sites?
(a) He has seen them all on field trips.
(b) They are too expensive.
(c) They are dangerous.
(d) They are boring.

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

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 starts to laugh.
(c) He screams for help.
(d) He starts to panic.

5. Why does the narrator begin to tire of the drive?
(a) The ride is uncomfortable.
(b) He misses Gramma.
(c) Everything starts to look the same.
(d) His family is already annoying him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is getting tired of all the togetherness in Gramma's basement?

3. How does the narrator keep himself busy, most of the time?

4. What is the coolest thing about the camper?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two things that the narrator likes about the camper?

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

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

4. Why does the narrator wish he had been born a bit sooner?

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

6. Why are Mom and Dad excited about the camper, at this point in the story?

7. Why does the narrator sense that Gramma does not want them living with her?

8. 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?

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

10. Why does Dad think the national forest would be a good place to go?

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