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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gladys Tennyson run out of her house to tell Sam?
(a) She wanted to buy his mule, Mary Lou.
(b) That his medicine cured her daughter.
(c) That she wanted to buy more of his medicine.
(d) That he shouldn't get involved with a white woman.

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

3. What does Mr. Pendanski say Stanley should be trying to teach reading to rather than Zero?
(a) A lizard.
(b) A shovel.
(c) Mr. Sir.
(d) A rock.

4. In Part 2, Chapter 35, what does Stanley tell Zero that they need to do?
(a) Go find outside help.
(b) Got to the mountain.
(c) Go back to camp.
(d) Pray for rain.

5. Who celebrates a birthday in Part 2?
(a) Zigzag.
(b) Mr. Pendanski.
(c) Lumpy.
(d) Armpit.

6. What does Zero figure out in his head to be 46?
(a) The best number to bet on at roulette.
(b) Stanley's days at camp.
(c) The amount of lizards per square mile.
(d) Mr. Pendanski's age.

7. How did Trout and Linda force Kate into the desert?
(a) They had a noose around her neck.
(b) With a knife.
(c) They threatened to torture her.
(d) At gunpoint.

8. What killed Kate Barlow?
(a) A yellow-spotted lizard.
(b) A rattlesnake.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) An alligator.

9. What does Brian do that earns him his nickname?
(a) Has seizures.
(b) Listens to hard core rock music.
(c) Steals cars.
(d) Fidgets a lot.

10. What does Stanley do when Zero gives out while they are climbing the side of the mountain?
(a) Carries him.
(b) Pushes him over the side of the mountain.
(c) Tells him to wait there.
(d) Stops to rest with Zero.

11. What fills some of the holes that Stanley jumps over while walking through the desert alone after the water truck incident?
(a) Yellow-spotted lizards.
(b) Scorpions.
(c) Rattlesnakes.
(d) Alligators.

12. What did Kate do as she died?
(a) Began screaming for help.
(b) Laughed.
(c) Gave Trout and Linda the loot location.
(d) Ate an onion.

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

14. Why did Linda Miller marry Trout Walker?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) Money.
(c) It was an arranged Marriage.
(d) Love.

15. What does Mr. Sir do when he finally decides to fill Stanley's canteen?
(a) Goes into the truck where Stanley can't see it.
(b) Spits into it.
(c) Gives it to X-Ray.
(d) Sticks his fingers in it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What/who does Stanley refuse to leave Camp Green Lake without?

2. What does Mr. Pendanski do to break up the fight between Zigzag and Stanley?

3. What do the counselors do when Zero runs away?

4. What do the boys say Stanley did to deserve Mr. Sir's treatment with the water?

5. What did Zero do that got him put in Camp Green Lake?

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