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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Stanley have a harder time digging the second day?
(a) Stanley missed breakfast.
(b) Stanley didn't get much sleep.
(c) There are yellow-spotted lizards at the dig site.
(d) His muscles are sore.

2. Why does Zero say he did what he did to Stanley's hole while Stanley was away talking with the warden?
(a) Because he felt sorry for Stanley.
(b) Zero loves to dig holes.
(c) Zero hates Mr. Sir.
(d) Because Zero knew Stanley didn't steal the sneakers or the seeds.

3. What surprises Stanley when he sees the warden for the first time?
(a) The warden is very pretty.
(b) The warden is very nice.
(c) The warden is a woman.
(d) The warden has a lisp.

4. What was Kate Barlow known for making?
(a) Apple dumplings.
(b) Spiced peaches.
(c) Grape jelly.
(d) Fig preserves.

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 location of the sun.
(b) How many steps it is from one hole to the next.
(c) The phrase that the warden uses when talking to Mr. Pendanski.
(d) The hole the tube had originally been found.

6. What does Stanley pretend Camp Green Lake is to make it more enjoyable?
(a) A day spa resort.
(b) A sleep over.
(c) A rich kid summer camp.
(d) Summer school.

7. What does Stanley find Squid doing, even though Squid denies it?
(a) Having nightmares.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Crying.

8. What is said to be true if a person can see the yellow spots on a yellow-spotted lizard?
(a) You are looking at their belly.
(b) You can smell them.
(c) You need to run.
(d) You are already dead.

9. What have the boys nicknamed Mr. Pendanski?
(a) Mom.
(b) Warden's puppy.
(c) Dummy.
(d) Dad.

10. What is Mr. Pendanski's response to the rock with the fish fossil?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He does a jig.
(c) He is uninterested.
(d) He is happy.

11. 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 piece of candy.
(c) A drink of water.
(d) A hand shake.

12. What does the warden explain is the secret ingredient in her red nail polish?
(a) Snake blood.
(b) Scorpion venom.
(c) Lizard spit.
(d) Snake venom.

13. Which tent is Stanley assigned to?
(a) Tent S.
(b) Tent 123.
(c) Tent D.
(d) Tent A.

14. What does the warden tell Mr. Pendanski to do that he has already done?
(a) Wash the truck.
(b) Rub her feet.
(c) Fill the canteens.
(d) Bring the boys a snack.

15. Who did something to Stanley's hole while Stanley was away talking with the warden?
(a) Magnet.
(b) X-Ray ordered the other boys to dig it.
(c) Lumpy.
(d) Zero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the warden lose interest in the digging project?

2. What does Stanley's mother say her apartment smells like?

3. Why does Stanley decide to make the deal with X-Ray to give him anything he finds?

4. What is not true about the yellow-spotted lizards?

5. Where had Stanley's great-grandfather said that he found refuge when he was left in the desert for 17 days?

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