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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 is one thing Greg does NOT say about being sprayed by a skunk?

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

3. What does Greg realize about the entire camp, when he wakes up on that first morning in Camper's Eden?

4. Although the boys’ attack on the teenagers is successful, what happens?

5. Why must people be saved from the horseshoe pit?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the family do to not get noticed, as they attempt to leave the campground?

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

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

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

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

8. Why could Greg not really enjoy the shower?

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

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 says his favorite thing about the bathroom is that you get complete privacy and can do whatever you want while you are in there. How is this camping trip just the opposite? How does Greg handle this lack of privacy? What does he do to try to have some privacy and time to do as he pleases? Does he succeed? 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’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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