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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the group do with the initial list of items to bring?
(a) They nail it to the boat.
(b) They end up fighting over it so much that it is torn into pieces.
(c) They throw it out.
(d) They keep it as a souvenir.

2. What does the story of the shop in a former house prompt J. to think about?
(a) How money can't buy happiness.
(b) How important women are to making a place look nice.
(c) How there's nothing like a place to call home.
(d) How people always seem to end up with what they do not want.

3. According to J., what are girls constantly asking while they tow the boat?
(a) If they can stop.
(b) If they are doing it okay.
(c) If they can have some water.
(d) Why the men felt the need to pack so much stuff.

4. What do men usually wear when going to a lock?
(a) Silk suits.
(b) Walking shorts.
(c) Swimsuits.
(d) Bright colored blazers and straw hats.

5. What is the most common way for someone to pull the tow line?
(a) While running.
(b) While walking.
(c) On roller skates.
(d) With a special contraption that looks like a tractor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character (other than J.) has a rough night sleeping near Picnic Point?

2. Whose shirt does J. accidentally fling into the river?

3. What does J. think would make it easier for him to go back to sleep after he's had a rough night?

4. What time did George's watch stop in the story J. tells?

5. Where do the men decide they must bathe during their trip?

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