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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. When Greg and his family leave for their vacation, what is the temperature outside?

2. Where did Greg's parents go on their honeymoon?

3. Where do Greg's parents say that the kids will open their Christmas presents?

4. How much money does Greg get in the pool during an activity put on by the Director of Fun on Tuesday?

5. Who does Greg have to sit between on the plane?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the Heffleys go through the check-in line?

2. What does Greg do as the airplane takes off?

3. How does Greg describe the bathroom on the airplane?

4. What lesson does Greg's dad want him to learn and what lesson does Greg learn from an altercation with a pickup truck driver?

5. How is the family's trip to the airport?

6. What does it mean that the resort the Heffleys go to is all-inclusive?

7. How do the Heffley's get to the gate?

8. How does Greg try to dry a sock that got wet when he stepped in a puddle?

9. Why do Greg and his father start to walk from the parking lot to the terminal at the airport?

10. What happens when Greg tries to watch a movie on the airplane?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel moves from Greg’s home to a busy airport to a tropical island. What are the various settings in the novel? How do the settings evoke feelings or set the tone in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Manny does things with no worries about consequences or danger. Greg is always cautious. What do the different ways that the two of them approach life seem to reveal about the value of caution and the disadvantages of being overly cautious? Which approach does the author seem to recommend?

Essay Topic 3

Greg is the protagonist in the novel. Who or what is the antagonist? Why is that person or thing the antagonist, and how do they present challenges for Greg?

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