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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 could Sam and Kate not see each other?

2. What does Mr. Sir take Stanley to the warden for in Part 1, Chapter 20?

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

4. What does Zero tell Mr. Pendanski when asked what he wants to do with his life?

5. Mr. Sir has a tattoo of ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the warden do to Mr. Pendanski while at the dig site?

2. What does X-Ray tell Stanley after Stanley has shown his fossil fish to Mr. Pendanski?

3. How does Stanley handle the fact that he is going to Camp Green Lake?

4. What happened after Kate and Sam were caught kissing?

5. What does Zero want from Stanley?

6. What does Stanley find while digging on his second day?

7. Why did Elya go to Madam Zeroni for help?

8. What does Stanley suddenly realize about the initials on the tube of lipstick that X-Ray gave to the warden?

9. Describe Kate Barlow and what she was known for in the town of Green Lake.

10. Describe Camp Green Lake.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the situations and actions that had to arise in order to assure that Madam Zeroni's and Elya Yelnats' descendants were both at Green Lake at the same time. Was this luck or destiny? Why did Green Lake's drought seemingly begin and end with the Yelnats' family curse?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the ways that Sam's onions helped Stanley and Zero in the book. In what ways is this different that the way they had helped the town so long ago? In what ways is it similar?

Essay Topic 3

There are many things that Stanley believes to be bad luck because of his family curse. Explain how each thing that happened to him could be looked at as a positive thing since Stanley eventually found the fortune buried by Kate Barlow.

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