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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Stanley try to keep to himself?
(a) He thinks the boys are low class.
(b) He has t0o many friends.
(c) The warden convinces him it is best that way.
(d) The boys are dangerous.

2. What happens when Stanley finds a large object upside-down in the middle of desert when he is walking alone after the water truck incident?
(a) He finds Zero's body.
(b) He hears Zero singing.
(c) He has a vision of Kate Barlow.
(d) A hand grabs him.

3. What reason does the lawyer say the warden can't check the suitcase?
(a) Stanley has been through enough.
(b) Stanley is not guilty or in their custody.
(c) The warden is under arrest.
(d) Stanley's name is on the suitcase.

4. What does Mr. Sir have in his mouth when he meets Stanley?
(a) False teeth.
(b) Sunflower seeds.
(c) Gum.
(d) Cigar.

5. How does Zero make sure he and Stanley find the right hole on their way back to camp after being on the mountain?
(a) They play eenie-meenie-minie-moe.
(b) He makes a map on his clean socks.
(c) They look for a fossilized rock.
(d) A diagram.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Mr. Sir tell Stanley that Stanley will have for the next eighteen months?

2. What allows Stanley to see the rock that looks like a thumb against the night sky?

3. What does Stanley refuse from Mr. Pendanski after Stanley gets out of the first hole he dug?

4. Why does Stanley have a harder time digging the second day?

5. What did Kate do as she died?

(see the answer key)

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