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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 is the narrator talking about when he says that one man sneezing blew the top off his next door neighbor's sandwich?
(a) Inner city apartments.
(b) New Jersey beaches.
(c) A traffic jam.
(d) New Jersey hotels.

2. The narrator now understands that _______________ bet against the school team and disabled the star player in the laxative contest.
(a) The narrator.
(b) Goldberg.
(c) Umbaugh.
(d) Jocko.

3. What does the narrator think as he is stalled in this chapter?
(a) How much beer he has at home.
(b) How much his head hurts.
(c) What he is going to have for dinner.
(d) How each generation attacks the next.

4. What happens to the narrator's car in the Lincoln Tunnel?
(a) It overheats.
(b) It dies.
(c) It is rear-ended.
(d) It has a flat tire.

5. What was the truck in front of the narrator carrying?
(a) Flattened cars.
(b) Milk.
(c) Tires.
(d) Chemicals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does the narrator dish out when he is working on the train?

2. What does the narrator say ruined a high class New Jersey party?

3. To the narrator, New Jersey symbolizes ___________________.

4. The Nobba-WaWa-Nockee Loyalty Song is sung to the tune of what other song?

5. Who finds the treasure hunt prize?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was forestcraft so boring to the narrator and his friends?

2. What is the narrator's favorite snack and how does it add a bright spot to a dull weekend?

3. Describe some of the projects created in leathercraft.

4. How did the narrator's army experience separate him from the world?

5. What are the rules of the contest Umbaugh suggested?

6. Why was the narrator underwhelmed by his summer camp experience?

7. What prompts the narrator to think of his childhood summer camp days?

8. Name some New Jersey characteristics that make it the butt of comedians' jokes.

9. Why does the book never mention the narrator's wartime experiences?

10. Describe some of the misfortunes that happened to the boys as they tried to engage in camp activities.

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