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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 17, 18, and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zero tell Mr. Pendanski when asked what he wants to do with his life?
(a) He wants to be president.
(b) He likes to dig holes.
(c) He wants to be a policeman.
(d) He tells Mr. Pendanski to shut up.

2. What does the warden tell Mr. Pendanski to do that he has already done?
(a) Rub her feet.
(b) Wash the truck.
(c) Fill the canteens.
(d) Bring the boys a snack.

3. Why does the warden lose interest in the digging project?
(a) The boys are digging too slow.
(b) The digging is too hot.
(c) She gets tired of being dirty.
(d) Nothing else is found.

4. What does Stanley's mother say her apartment smells like?
(a) "Old Mother Hubbard."
(b) "Old Woman in the Shoe."
(c) "The Muffin Man."
(d) "Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater."

5. Why doesn't X-Ray inspect the fossil Stanley found?
(a) He can't see well.
(b) He wanted the day off and is disappointed.
(c) He feels stupid.
(d) He doesn't like Stanley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Stanley say he has to blame for being at camp?

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?

3. What does Mr. Sir bandage Stanley with after Zigzag hurts Stanley while they are working in a hole together?

4. What is on the object Stanley finds while digging on the third day?

5. What does Stanley memorize before he is moved closer to the hole that X-Ray had been digging when he claimed to have found the tube?

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