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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 11, 12, and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the "rec room" referred to as the "wreck room"?
(a) The building was torn down.
(b) The rec room was made into the warden's relaxation area.
(c) All the equipment is broken.
(d) The rec room is used for fixing the warden's broken trucks.

2. Why does Stanley decide not to go to the warden directly with what he finds in a hole on the third day of digging?
(a) He doesn't believe the warden will find it interesting.
(b) He doesn't trust the warden.
(c) He is afraid of X-Ray.
(d) He had made a blood pact with X-Ray.

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

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

5. Why did Madam Zeroni try to dissuade Elya from trying to marry Myra Menke?
(a) Myra was too old for Elya
(b) Mrya was rich and self-absorbed.
(c) Myra was ugly and has a lisp.
(d) Myra was silly and shallow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is staring over Stanley's shoulder while he writes his letter to his parents?

2. What happened to Barf Bag, aka Lewis, the boy who had previously occupied Stanley's cot?

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

4. What have the boys nicknamed Mr. Pendanski?

5. Why does Stanley's family not go to court to defend Stanley?

(see the answer key)

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