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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. At the beginning of this section, Greg thinks his mom has realized that they have had too much what?
(a) Sun.
(b) Togetherness.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Excitement.

2. What does Greg realize about the entire camp, when he wakes up on that first morning in Camper's Eden?
(a) They are very noisy.
(b) They all wake up bright and early.
(c) They are grumpy.
(d) They are all elderly.

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

4. Although the boys’ attack on the teenagers is successful, what happens?
(a) The boys get in trouble with the camp director.
(b) The boys' parents catch them.
(c) The teenagers are now really angry.
(d) Many boys are injured.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This section of the book (pages 115-136) begins on what day?

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

3. Why is the family being shot at?

4. Why is Greg starting to have fun hanging around these boys?

5. How does the family eat at the end of the story, according to Greg?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Campers' Eden become a paradise?

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

3. What does Greg discover about his family's clothes at the laundromat? What does he do about this?

4. Why do quarters become so valuable?

5. What are Greg's concerns regarding the access problem at the camp?

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

7. Why does Greg decide to go deep under water in the pool? Does this work? Why or why not?

8. What do the panicked campers do to access water?

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

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

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