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

2. What feeling does Mr. Sir tell Stanley that Stanley will have for the next eighteen months?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Thirst.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Happiness.

3. What reason does Mr. Pendanski give for Mr. Sir being in a bad mood?
(a) Mr. Sir has a tooth ache.
(b) Mr. Sir hates the heat.
(c) Mr. Sir quit smoking.
(d) Mr. Sir lost his hat.

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

5. What does Stanley find in the hole on the second day?
(a) A nickel.
(b) A fossil of a fish.
(c) An old shoe.
(d) A map.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stanley refer to the camp as when he writes his mother?

2. What does the warden try to get the boys to do the day after the lipstick is brought to the warden's attention?

3. What did Sarah sing to her son Stanley after he was born?

4. What does the warden tell Mr. Pendanski to do that he has already done?

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

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