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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. What is said to be true if a person can see the yellow spots on a yellow-spotted lizard?
(a) You are looking at their belly.
(b) You are already dead.
(c) You can smell them.
(d) You need to run.

2. What tradition do the boys have after they finish every hole?
(a) To kick a pile of dirt back in it.
(b) To spit in it.
(c) To name it.
(d) To urinate in it.

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

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

5. What have the boys nicknamed Mr. Pendanski?
(a) Dummy.
(b) Warden's puppy.
(c) Mom.
(d) Dad.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Sir have in his mouth when he meets Stanley?

3. What does Armpit do when Stanley calls him by his real name, Theodore, instead of Armpit?

4. What reason does Mr. Pendanski give for Mr. Sir being in a bad mood?

5. What is Mr. Pendanski's response to the rock with the fish fossil?

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