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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 the family know they have to leave the camper, while in the middle of the stream?

2. What weapons do the boys use against the teenagers attacking them?

3. Where does Greg find the family’s laundry in the laundromat?

4. What do a pack of dogs attack and eat?

5. Why does everyone suddenly hurry out of the pool and off the pool deck?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Greg learn about the boys at the RV camp?

3. What does Greg quickly learn about the groups of boys from the camp?

4. How does Greg lose his shower before he has finished rinsing out his hair?

5. What upsets Greg the most about the man who takes over his shower? What does he do about it?

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

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

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

9. Why do quarters become so valuable?

10. What happens to the plastic tank on top of the bathhouse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The family struggles to have fun throughout this story. Do they ever have fun? Why or why not? What is the lesson that can be learned from this?

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

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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