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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Marcel Proust Meets the New Jersey Tailgater, and Survives.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprising things do the boys find as they pick up trash?
(a) Beer cans.
(b) Condoms.
(c) Whiskey bottles.
(d) Cigarette butts.

2. What did Marcel Proust do to soundproof his environment?
(a) Wore ear muffs.
(b) Put cotton in his ears.
(c) Worked in a bank vault.
(d) Worked in a cork-lined room.

3. What name is given to the chubby Chipmunk after he gets sick?
(a) Greaser.
(b) Skunk.
(c) Barfster.
(d) Pukey.

4. Why is Big Al unable to play in the big football game the day after the contest?
(a) He dropped out of school.
(b) The game was cancelled.
(c) He is too ill.
(d) He broke his leg.

5. What does the sergeant make Dan Baxter do when he catches Dan smoking?
(a) Smoke the pack of cigarettes with a bucket over his head.
(b) Drench the cigarettes in a bucket of water.
(c) Cut up the cigarettes with a tomahawk.
(d) Throw away the cigarettes in the outhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what format does the narrator recall the information about writers?

2. What is the culminating event of the summer at camp?

3. What wooden animal stands on a beach?

4. What traffic function is common in New Jersey?

5. According to the narrator, American culture builds up what kind of ideas?

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