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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. Why must Greg take a cold shower in the camper?
(a) The camper does not have a heater.
(b) They have run out of propane.
(c) He is too hot to take a hot shower.
(d) The heater has not had time to heat the water.

2. How does the narrator keep himself busy, most of the time?
(a) Watching TV.
(b) Putting together Gramma's puzzles.
(c) Readingbooks.
(d) Writing in his journal.

3. What does the narrator think about fishing?
(a) He loves fishing.
(b) He thinks fishing is boring.
(c) He is scared to fish.
(d) The only fish he eats is in the shape of a stick.

4. How does the family feel after leaving the camper superstore?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Happy.
(c) Stressed.
(d) Excited.

5. Why was the narrator excited about going to the camper superstore?
(a) They had never purchased anything from the store.
(b) They had never been there before.
(c) He wants to climb the rock wall.
(d) He loves shopping at the camper superstore.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the family pulls up to their new location, what does Greg think about it?

2. Why does Mom say it is good to be bored?

3. Why does the narrator not find Wildlife Bingo very fun?

4. What does Gramma want the family to do when her friends come over?

5. Greg starts to think about how God gave animals what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads the family to choose to go camping?

2. What are two encounters the family has with wildlife in this section of the book? What are the outcomes?

3. What is the reason Dad gives for why the family cannot go back home yet, in this part of the book?

4. Why does the narrator wish he had been born a bit sooner?

5. How do the narrator, Rodrick, and Manny react when their dad, as he is picking out fishing poles, says they are going to live off the land?

6. Why are the narrator and his family getting tired of their time together?

7. Why does Greg get sent back to the camper while on the hike in the national forest?

8. What does the family discover about Uncle Gary’s camper? How does this change their day?

9. How does the narrator feel Mom treats Manny? Give two examples.

10. What are two reasons why the narrator so excited about the camping superstore?

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