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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mom have the clerk at the camper superstore go over the supplies Dad had picked out?

2. What does Greg realize the local residents at the park think of the park guests?

3. How does Mom convince the boys to go on a nature hike at the national forest?

4. Why does Greg not like the idea of the dining table turning into a bed?

5. Why does Mom regret allowing Manny to sit in the front seat when traffic slows?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about how the summer is going so far? Why does he feel this way?

2. Where do all the family members want to go on vacation?

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

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

5. What are two things that the narrator likes about the camper?

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

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

8. What are two things that disappoint Greg about the RV park?

9. Why is the basement an uncomfortable place to live?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters learn a great deal in this book. What are three things the family learns, as a whole? What evidence in the book supports this? How are they affected by these lessons?

Essay Topic 2

The group of boys use Greg as a scapegoat. How and why does this happen? Are you surprised? Why or why not? How does Greg seem to feel about this? What does this reveal about him?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the story, the mom is pushy. How is she pushy? What does this say about her? How does this affect the family and their experiences together?

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