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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do X-Ray and Zigzag offer Stanley mockingly?
(a) Their place in line for water.
(b) Their spare socks.
(c) Their cots.
(d) Their food.

2. What do the warden and other counselors do when they see the boys covered by deadly creatures in the hole?
(a) Pull out their guns.
(b) Go get gasoline.
(c) Wait for the boys to die.
(d) Call for help.

3. What makes Stanley think there isn't much hope at the top of the mountain?
(a) Stanley is unlucky.
(b) The lack of animals.
(c) The bad smell.
(d) The lack of vegetation.

4. What did Trout and Linda want from Kate?
(a) Her loot.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) The pig song.
(d) The reward for her capture.

5. What does NOT describe the substance in the jars found by Zero?
(a) Bitter.
(b) Sweet.
(c) Mushy.
(d) Fruity.

6. What surprises Stanley as he walks through the desert alone after the water truck incident?
(a) The heat.
(b) Not finding Zero's body.
(c) The number of holes.
(d) The intense sun.

7. Who appears when the Zero and Stanley unearth a large metal case?
(a) X-Ray.
(b) The warden.
(c) Kate Barlow.
(d) Mr. Sir.

8. What does Zero say is written on the suitcase?
(a) Kate Barlow's name.
(b) The name of the City of Green Lake.
(c) A banks name.
(d) Stanley's name.

9. What stops the warden from taking the large metal case from the boys in Part 2, Chapter 45?
(a) They are covered by alligators.
(b) They are covered in yellow-spotted lizards.
(c) They are covered in rattlesnakes.
(d) They are covered in scorpions.

10. What does Mr. Pendanski do because Mr. Sir refuses to give Stanley a fair share of water?
(a) Give Stanley extra water.
(b) Goes to talk to the warden.
(c) Has a talk with Mr. Sir.
(d) Has some of the other kids share.

11. What two things do Zero and Stanley pack before heading back to camp from the mountain?
(a) Socks and shovels.
(b) Shovels and water.
(c) Onions and water.
(d) Onions and clean socks.

12. What name does Stanley find on the upside-down object he finds while walking in the desert alone?
(a) Mr. Sir.
(b) Trout Walker.
(c) Mary Lou.
(d) Kate Barlow.

13. When would Zero go to homeless shelters?
(a) When he felt sad.
(b) When he was hungry.
(c) When he was scared.
(d) Only in bad weather.

14. What encourages Stanley on through the desert when he is alone?
(a) He is scared of Mr. Sir catching him.
(b) The fact that he no longer has to dig.
(c) The rock that looks like a thumbs up.
(d) He hasn't found Zero's body yet.

15. What does Zigzag accuse Stanley of treating Zero like?
(a) A brother.
(b) A dummy.
(c) A slave.
(d) A piece of meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stanley do when Zero gives out while they are climbing the side of the mountain?

2. What does Zero offer Stanley while they are under the boat?

3. What killed Kate Barlow?

4. What was it that had made Gladys Tennyson's daughter sick?

5. How did Trout and Linda force Kate into the desert?

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