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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Greg get off the trail at the national forest?

2. Why does Mom have the clerk at the camper superstore go over the supplies Dad had picked out?

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

4. Why does the narrator begin to tire of the drive?

5. What does Rodrick do when he is too hungry to wait for Gramma's friends to leave?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are two things the narrator does not like about the camper?

5. What are Greg’s safety concerns regarding the RV park?

6. What are two things that disappoint Greg about the RV park?

7. Why is the basement an uncomfortable place to live?

8. What is the reason Dad gives for why the family cannot go back home yet, in this part of the book?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the big problem the main characters face at the beginning of the book? How do each of the main characters deal with this? How does this prepare the reader for how the characters handle future mishaps?

Essay Topic 2

From Greg’s perspective, the RV camp is an unruly place. From what you know of the camp, would you agree? Why or why not? Does this sound like a realistic campground experience? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Determination is a theme of this book. How is this theme revealed throughout the story? What does this say about the main characters? How does this affect the tone of the book? How does this theme also affect the reader?

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