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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color does Barbara die her hair?
(a) Green.
(b) Blond.
(c) Black.
(d) Purple.

2. When did the original Peter Van Laar visit the Adirondacks and fall in love with the land that became the Van Laar Preserve?
(a) 1870s.
(b) 1860s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1880s.

3. What time did Bear and his grandfather leave to go hiking before Bear disappeared?
(a) 4 p.m.
(b) 3 p.m.
(c) 1 p.m.
(d) 2 p.m.

4. How long is the Blackfly Good-by the Van Laar's hold in July every year?
(a) 5 days.
(b) A weekend.
(c) 3 days.
(d) A week.

5. At the Black-Fly Good-by, where does Delphine tell Alice she is going to go to college in the fall?
(a) Barnard.
(b) Amherst.
(c) Bowdoin.
(d) Bryn Mawr.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many beds are in Louise's cabin?

2. Who is the first to notice when Tracy returns to camp?

3. How many rules are the campers told to follow when they first come to Camp Emerson?

4. How many bedrooms does the Van Laar main house have?

5. How long does it take Tracy and the stranger to walk to the clearing near Self-Reliance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does T.J. dress?

2. How did Louise get a job at Camp Emerson?

3. How does Alice follow in her mother and sister's footsteps when she accepts Peter's proposal?

4. When and how was the Van Laar house, Self-Reliance built?

5. How do Alice and Peter Van Laar meet?

6. What three rules are given to campers upon their arrival?

7. What is the origin of Camp Emerson?

8. Who is Judyta Luptack?

9. Why is T.J. the director of Camp Emerson?

10. How does Tracy find her way back to camp after she gets lost?

(see the answer keys)

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