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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stanley do when Mr. Sir fills his canteen again the first time?
(a) Pours it out.
(b) Uses it to make a mud pie.
(c) Drinks it.
(d) Gives it to Zigzag.

2. What allows Stanley to see the rock that looks like a thumb against the night sky?
(a) Truck lights.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) Spot lights.

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

4. How does Zero make sure he and Stanley find the right hole on their way back to camp after being on the mountain?
(a) They play eenie-meenie-minie-moe.
(b) They look for a fossilized rock.
(c) He makes a map on his clean socks.
(d) A diagram.

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

6. What was Kate missing when Trout and Linda forced her into the desert?
(a) A dress.
(b) Her hat.
(c) Shoes.
(d) A garter.

7. What injury does Zero incur while trying to help Stanley up the side of the mountain?
(a) A twisted ankle.
(b) Stabbed in the stomach.
(c) Gashes on his hands.
(d) Splinters.

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

9. Who appears when the Zero and Stanley unearth a large metal case?
(a) Mr. Sir.
(b) X-Ray.
(c) Kate Barlow.
(d) The warden.

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

11. What does the warden claim Zero and Stanley did when Stanley's attorney arrives?
(a) Tried to use the lizards to kill the councilors.
(b) Tried to steal her money.
(c) Stole her suitcase.
(d) Tried to attack her.

12. By Part 2, Chapter 42, what has happened to Stanley for the first time in his life that makes him happy?
(a) He is free from his parents.
(b) He isn't sure.
(c) He feels that he can do anything.
(d) He has a friend and likes himself.

13. What does Zigzag accuse Stanley of treating Zero like?
(a) A piece of meat.
(b) A dummy.
(c) A slave.
(d) A brother.

14. Where did Zero put the famous sneakers he stole that eventually got Stanley in trouble?
(a) On a bridge.
(b) Tied to a balloon.
(c) He couldn't remember.
(d) On top of a car.

15. What do the counselors do when Zero runs away?
(a) Call in the police.
(b) Destroy evidence that he was ever there.
(c) Have the other boys begin a search.
(d) Go looking for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do X-Ray and Zigzag offer Stanley mockingly?

2. What is Brian sent to Camp Green Lake for?

3. What reason does the lawyer say the warden can't check the suitcase?

4. What job does the tall man with Stanley's lawyer have?

5. What is wrong with Zero when Stanley finds him after the water truck incident?

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