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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Stanley think there isn't much hope at the top of the mountain?
(a) The lack of animals.
(b) Stanley is unlucky.
(c) The bad smell.
(d) The lack of vegetation.

2. What does Mr. Pendanski do because Mr. Sir refuses to give Stanley a fair share of water?
(a) Give Stanley extra water.
(b) Goes to talk to the warden.
(c) Has a talk with Mr. Sir.
(d) Has some of the other kids share.

3. What makes the other boys mad at Stanley?
(a) Zero is digging for Stanley
(b) Mr. Pendanski is trying to be Stanley's friend
(c) Stanley gets extra water
(d) The warden is giving Stanley special treatment

4. What is Stanley's biggest fear about dying?
(a) What would happen to Zero.
(b) What is after this life.
(c) The pain involved.
(d) How hard it would be on his parents.

5. When would Zero go to homeless shelters?
(a) When he was scared.
(b) When he was hungry.
(c) Only in bad weather.
(d) When he felt sad.

6. What job does the tall man with Stanley's lawyer have?
(a) F.B.I.
(b) Sheriff of Texas.
(c) Child Services.
(d) Attorney General of Texas.

7. What do the warden and other counselors do when they see the boys covered by deadly creatures in the hole?
(a) Call for help.
(b) Pull out their guns.
(c) Wait for the boys to die.
(d) Go get gasoline.

8. What reason does the lawyer say the warden can't check the suitcase?
(a) The warden is under arrest.
(b) Stanley is not guilty or in their custody.
(c) Stanley's name is on the suitcase.
(d) Stanley has been through enough.

9. What happens as Stanley drives home from Camp Green Lake?
(a) It rains over Green Lake.
(b) Stanley gets car sick.
(c) The lawyer stops for ice cream.
(d) Stanley and Zero make a friendship pact.

10. Who does Pendanski blame the fight between Zigzag and Standley on?
(a) Kate Barlow.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Zigzag.
(d) Zero.

11. When Stanley is sure that Zero isn't going to die on the mountain, what does he do?
(a) Begins to build a shelter.
(b) Goes down the mountain for the jars and shovels.
(c) Heads home.
(d) Goes to look for help.

12. What does Stanley try to do when the water truck comes to give them water?
(a) Take more than his share of water.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Steal it.
(d) Hitch a ride on it.

13. What does everyone call Brian when he comes to camp?
(a) Metal head.
(b) Nascar.
(c) Switch.
(d) Twitch.

14. What does Mr. Pendanski do to break up the fight between Zigzag and Stanley?
(a) Fires his gun.
(b) Gets the warden.
(c) Starts hitting the kids.
(d) Throws water on them.

15. What happens when the lawyer asks to see Zero's paperwork?
(a) Warden fakes a few pieces quickly.
(b) Zero realizes the lawyer is his mother.
(c) Zero is found to be kidnapped .
(d) None can be found.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Zero and Stanley wash their socks in the jars?

2. What did Gladys Tennyson run out of her house to tell Sam?

3. Where did Zero put the famous sneakers he stole that eventually got Stanley in trouble?

4. What two things do Zero and Stanley pack before heading back to camp from the mountain?

5. What does Zigzag accuse Stanley of treating Zero like?

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