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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. What does the family decide to take out on the water?

2. Why is the camper unable to cross the stream?

3. What does Greg think his family will think of his ideas to cross the stream?

4. How does Greg know that something is wrong in camp?

5. Who does Greg run into on the way back to the camper?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does this section (pages 137-184) end?

3. How do the boots get into trouble with their water guns?

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

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

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

7. How different does the lake look compare to their first glimpse of it on the bridge?

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

9. Why is the canoe available for the family to use?

10. Why does Greg, after returning with plastic utensils, hurry his family through dinner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the protagonist in the story? How do you know this? What happens to the protagonist in the story? Is this common for protagonists? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Greg quickly joins up with a group of boys. What does Greg like about the boys? What does he dislike about them? Does this reflect real life friendships? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Greg’s family finally makes some happy memories at the end of the story. How are they able to do this? Why are they unable to make happy memories throughout the rest of the book? How do others get in the way of their happiness? How can this be applied to real life?

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