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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was it that had made Gladys Tennyson's daughter sick?
(a) Onions.
(b) Bad meat.
(c) Dirty water.
(d) Sploosh.

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

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

6. What does Stanley do as Zero drifts off to sleep on the mountain?
(a) Digs a hole for better water.
(b) Goes in search of other food.
(c) Sings him a lullaby.
(d) Covers Zero up.

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

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

9. What is wrong with Zero when Stanley finds him after the water truck incident?
(a) He is dehydrated.
(b) He has a headache.
(c) He has heatstroke.
(d) He is sick to his stomach.

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

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

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

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the warden claim Zero and Stanley did when Stanley's attorney arrives?

3. What did Zero pretend to be while he slept outside?

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

5. Who appears when the Zero and Stanley unearth a large metal case?

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