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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do X-Ray and Zigzag offer Stanley mockingly?
(a) Their spare socks.
(b) Their place in line for water.
(c) Their food.
(d) Their cots.

2. What does NOT describe the substance in the jars found by Zero?
(a) Fruity.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Mushy.
(d) Sweet.

3. What is Zero doing while he and Stanley are trapped in the hole covered in deadly creatures?
(a) Spelling small words.
(b) Singing the lullaby his mother and Stanley both sang.
(c) Praying.
(d) Sounding out letters.

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

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

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

7. What does Zero tell Stanley before he falls to sleep on the mountain in Part 2, Chapter 39?
(a) He tells Stanley about Kate Barlow's treasure.
(b) Zero stole the shoes that got Stanley in trouble.
(c) He tell's Stanley they are brothers.
(d) He thanks Stanley.

8. Why does Stanley plan a trip back to Camp Green Lake?
(a) To get even with Mr. Sir.
(b) To look for Kate Barlow's treasure.
(c) To get water.
(d) To rescue the other boys.

9. What encourages Stanley on through the desert when he is alone?
(a) He is scared of Mr. Sir catching him.
(b) The rock that looks like a thumbs up.
(c) The fact that he no longer has to dig.
(d) He hasn't found Zero's body yet.

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

11. What does Mr. Pendanski tell Stanley to do when Zigzag is taunting him in Part 2?
(a) Go tell the warden.
(b) Spit in his face.
(c) To hit Zigzag.
(d) To ignore Zigzag.

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

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

14. What did Kate Barlow find left of the town of Green Lake 20 years after the death of Sam?
(a) The school had been rebuilt.
(b) Sam left her a note.
(c) A lynching party.
(d) The town and the lake had turned into a desert.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stanley find upside-down while walking through the desert alone?

2. How does Zero make sure he and Stanley find the right hole on their way back to camp after being on the mountain?

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

4. What does Mr. Sir do when he finally decides to fill Stanley's canteen?

5. What is Stanley's biggest fear about dying?

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