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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 14, 15, and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stanley refuse from Mr. Pendanski after Stanley gets out of the first hole he dug?
(a) A ride back to camp.
(b) A hand shake.
(c) A drink of water.
(d) A piece of candy.

2. Why does Stanley decide not to go to the warden directly with what he finds in a hole on the third day of digging?
(a) He had made a blood pact with X-Ray.
(b) He doesn't believe the warden will find it interesting.
(c) He is afraid of X-Ray.
(d) He doesn't trust the warden.

3. What does Stanley find waiting for him when he gets back to camp in Part 1, Chapter 16?
(a) His attorney.
(b) A new cot to sleep on.
(c) A letter from his girlfriend.
(d) A letter from his mother.

4. What does Armpit do when Stanley calls him by his real name, Theodore, instead of Armpit?
(a) Punches Stanley.
(b) Hits Stanley with a shovel.
(c) Begins to cry.
(d) Throws Stanley to the ground.

5. What does Stanley memorize before he is moved closer to the hole that X-Ray had been digging when he claimed to have found the tube?
(a) The phrase that the warden uses when talking to Mr. Pendanski.
(b) How many steps it is from one hole to the next.
(c) The location of the sun.
(d) The hole the tube had originally been found.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Stanley returns to the camp after digging his second hole, what does he find happening?

2. What is Mr. Pendanski's response to the rock with the fish fossil?

3. What does the warden have Mr. Pendanski do to punish him for not obeying her without question?

4. Why does Stanley's family not go to court to defend Stanley?

5. What does X-Ray do the next morning when Stanley tries to talk about the objective he found digging on the third day?

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