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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 much water.
(b) Working them too hard.
(c) Giving them too many breaks.
(d) Not working them hard enough.

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

3. What does the warden try to get the boys to do the day after the lipstick is brought to the warden's attention?
(a) Dig faster.
(b) Tell her the exact location it was found.
(c) Have them find the rest of the makeup.
(d) make a full working line to maximize efficiency.

4. What surprises Stanley when he sees the warden for the first time?
(a) The warden has a lisp.
(b) The warden is very nice.
(c) The warden is a woman.
(d) The warden is very pretty.

5. What is Stanley's original reply when Zero asks him to teach him to read?
(a) You can't learn.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) We don't have time.

6. What does Mr. Sir have in his mouth when he meets Stanley?
(a) Sunflower seeds.
(b) Gum.
(c) False teeth.
(d) Cigar.

7. What does the warden have Mr. Pendanski do to punish him for not obeying her without question?
(a) Dig Stanley's hole.
(b) Cook dinner for the boys.
(c) Act as a step stool.
(d) Walk back to camp.

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

9. What does Mr. Sir take Stanley to the warden for in Part 1, Chapter 20?
(a) Stealing the water truck.
(b) Trying to run away.
(c) Lying about where the lipstick was found.
(d) Stealing sunflower seeds.

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

11. What does Stanley refuse from Mr. Pendanski after Stanley gets out of the first hole he dug?
(a) A piece of candy.
(b) A drink of water.
(c) A hand shake.
(d) A ride back to camp.

12. Who was the first person that Kate kissed after she killed them, starting the name "Kissing Kate Barlow" and her life as an outlaw?
(a) Trout Walker.
(b) Hattie Parker.
(c) Mr. Sir.
(d) The Sheriff.

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

14. What feeling does Mr. Sir tell Stanley that Stanley will have for the next eighteen months?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Thirst.
(c) Exhaustion.
(d) Happiness.

15. 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?
(a) The hole the tube had originally been found.
(b) The phrase that the warden uses when talking to Mr. Pendanski.
(c) How many steps it is from one hole to the next.
(d) The location of the sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Stanley's great-grandfather said that he found refuge when he was left in the desert for 17 days?

2. What happens when Stanley finishes his first hole?

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

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

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

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