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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. Who does Stanley say he has to blame for being at camp?
(a) His dog.
(b) His crazy-no-good-lazy-dumb-aunt.
(c) His no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-grandfather.
(d) His no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-grandmother.

2. What does Stanley find in the hole he is digging on the third day and gives to X-Ray?
(a) The fortune.
(b) A tube of lipstick.
(c) A map.
(d) An old shoe.

3. When Stanley returns to the camp after digging his second hole, what does he find happening?
(a) The swat team tearing apart the rec room.
(b) Mr. Pendanski counseling the boys.
(c) Mr. Sir yelling at Zero.
(d) The warden punishing X-Ray.

4. What does X-Ray tell Stanley to do with anything else Stanley finds in his holes?
(a) Give it to X-Ray.
(b) Put it back in the hole.
(c) Take it directly to the warden.
(d) Feed it to the yellow-spotted lizards.

5. Where did X-Ray get his nickname?
(a) Pig Latin.
(b) It is a joke among the boys.
(c) His mother.
(d) X-Ray correctly guessed what was in a metal box.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the boys supposed to measure the holes that they dig?

2. What does X-Ray tell Stanley to do when they line up for water in Part 1, Chapter 13?

3. Why did Madam Zeroni try to dissuade Elya from trying to marry Myra Menke?

4. Mr. Sir has a tattoo of ________.

5. Why doesn't X-Ray inspect the fossil Stanley found?

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