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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 Mom tell Greg regarding how to use the shower and laundromat?

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

3. Why does Greg decide to tag along with the group of boys?

4. What animal is hiding in the camper?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Greg want to do on his own? What is his mom' response?

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

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

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

5. Why could Greg not really enjoy the shower?

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

7. What does Greg say about being sprayed by a skunk?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The characters learn a great deal in this book. What are three things the family learns, as a whole? What evidence in the book supports this? How are they affected by these lessons?

Essay Topic 3

Greg says that the truth should not get in the way of a good story. What might this hint at, regarding the story you just read? Might some of the events in the story be false or exaggerated? If so, what are two of them? Why do you believe they most likely did not take place as the narrator described?

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