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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. How does thinking about Noah and his situation make the narrator feel?

2. How old is Manny?

3. What does the narrator think about fishing?

4. Why does the family get off the main road?

5. What is the coolest thing about the camper?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the family leave the camping superstore a bit nervous?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Greg’s mom encourages him to make friends at the camp. Does Greg manage to make friends? In the end, was this a good idea? Why or why not? Should his mom have forced him to try to make friends, when he really wanted to be alone? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why does Mom carry a camera around with her? What does this reveal about Mom? What are other clues in the story that support this? How does this affect the rest of the family?

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