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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. From what city does the summer camp bus depart?
(a) Milwaukee.
(b) Toledo.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Detroit.
2. In what city landmark is the narrator stalled?
(a) Chrysler Building.
(b) Lincoln Tunnel.
(c) Empire State Building.
(d) Brooklyn Bridge.
3. The tendency of all New Jerseyites to long for home is called ____________________.
(a) Home Sweet New Jersey.
(b) New Jersey Nostalgia.
(c) Old Folks Week.
(d) There's No Place Like New Jersey.
4. What does the narrator think is a true Utopia?
(a) Vacation.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Sleep.
5. What could the narrator tell about the tailgater?
(a) He was picking his nose.
(b) He wore a Yankees hat.
(c) He had tortoise shell glasses.
(d) He nicked himself shaving.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to the boys when they are in search of clues?
2. Who is the camp leader who facilitates the boys' getting on the camp bus?
3. What is the name of first-year campers at the narrator's childhood summer camp?
4. Kissel thinks that the emblem on the Beavers' jackets looks like a squirrel holding _________________.
5. What is the treasure to be found at the end of the camp season?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Proust and Balzac block out the world and what does that same thing for the narrator?
2. How does the narrator's experience on the troop train parallel his journey through the Lincoln Tunnel and how does he cope with such circumstances?
3. How does New Jersey symbolize American culture for the narrator?
4. What prompts the narrator to think of his childhood summer camp days?
5. Why was the narrator underwhelmed by his summer camp experience?
6. How is the narrator--as an observer of life--typically different from people like Umbaugh and Skunk?
7. How did Captain Crabtree manage the situation with the reluctant fat Chipmunk?
8. Why does the narrator question his impatience to get through the tunnel?
9. Describe some of the misfortunes that happened to the boys as they tried to engage in camp activities.
10. What does the narrator think about the New Jersey traffic circles?
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