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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. Where does Greg find the family’s laundry in the laundromat?
(a) In the laundry hamper.
(b) Dumped on the floor.
(c) Dry and folded on a table.
(d) In a dryer.

2. When the boys head down to the lake to play some games, what does Greg learn?
(a) The boys are very athletic.
(b) The boys are into very rough games involving balls and being tackled.
(c) The boys play gentle games.
(d) The boys love to swim.

3. What do the boys get from the snack shack to use for attacking the teenagers?
(a) Sporks.
(b) Milk shakes.
(c) Hotdogs and hamburgers.
(d) Soda and condiments.

4. How does Greg feel after the incident in the water?
(a) He hopes it means they can go home.
(b) He is happy his mom's camera is ruined, so there is not photo evidence of what just happened.
(c) He thinks it was a fun game.
(d) He hopes he can become friends with the teenagers.

5. How does the camp director catch the boys?
(a) He hangs signs around camp advertising free ice cream, if you turn in your water gun.
(b) He finds their parents.
(c) He meets them at the pool party.
(d) He looks at security cameras near the snack shack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Greg write on Tuesday that he is happy his mom has no plans for the day?

2. What happens to Dad and Greg after they fall in the water?

3. How does Greg try to get out of swimming in the lake?

4. How does Greg feel about making new friends?

5. Who wants to swim in the lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mom's attitude about the chaos at camp?

2. Why does Greg think his mom has finally realized the family has had too much togetherness?

3. What are Greg's thoughts about the guy doing wood carvings at his campsite early Sunday morning?

4. Why does Greg not like taking showers in public buildings?

5. What happens to the group of boys as they played near the lake?

6. How does Greg know that something is wrong at the camp?

7. What are two problems Greg encounters, when he arrives at the bathhouse?

8. Why do quarters become so valuable?

9. How does Campers' Eden become a paradise?

10. What events lead to the family to try Greg's escape attempt?

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