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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the warden have Stanley bring her in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) Her hand lotion.
(b) Her hair brush.
(c) His family fortune.
(d) Her make-up case.

3. What does X-Ray tell Stanley to do when they line up for water in Part 1, Chapter 13?
(a) Take X-Ray's cantine and fill it.
(b) Go to the front of the line.
(c) Go back to work.
(d) Move ahead of Zero.

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

5. What is on the object Stanley finds while digging on the third day?
(a) An arrow.
(b) Stanley's name.
(c) A heart and the name Mary Lou.
(d) A heart and the letters K.B.

6. What was Kate Barlow known for making?
(a) Grape jelly.
(b) Apple dumplings.
(c) Fig preserves.
(d) Spiced peaches.

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

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

9. What does X-Ray do for Stanley when the boys return from digging in the evening on the day the warden appears?
(a) Has Stanley trade cots.
(b) Gives Stanley some of the extra food he got.
(c) Makes a place for Stanley next to him.
(d) Gives Stanley a phone call.

10. Why could Sam and Kate not see each other?
(a) Kate was blind.
(b) Kate was spoken for.
(c) Sam was poor.
(d) Sam was black.

11. What does the warden tell Mr. Pendanski that he is doing wrong after she has brought blood on one of the boys?
(a) Giving them too many breaks.
(b) Not working them hard enough.
(c) Giving them too much water.
(d) Working them too hard.

12. How many changes of clothes are the boys at Camp Green Lake given?
(a) They have to share.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

13. What did the sheriff tell Kate that he always got drunk before?
(a) A hanging.
(b) He gets a kiss.
(c) His town meeting.
(d) A dance.

14. What happens to Stanley over time at the camp?
(a) He begins to get sick.
(b) He grows stronger.
(c) He starts to hate the camp.
(d) He makes friends with Mr. Pendanski.

15. What did Sarah sing to her son Stanley after he was born?
(a) A song about an apple tree.
(b) The pig lullaby.
(c) A song about a treasure.
(d) A song about Elya's travel to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Mr. Walker given the name "Trout"?

2. What does Stanley find in the hole on the second day?

3. What does X-Ray do the next morning when Stanley tries to talk about the objective he found digging on the third day?

4. What does Stanley's mother say her apartment smells like?

5. What is not true about the yellow-spotted lizards?

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