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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zero say is written on the suitcase?
(a) Stanley's name.
(b) Kate Barlow's name.
(c) The name of the City of Green Lake.
(d) A banks name.

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

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

4. Why do the Zero and Stanley wash their socks in the jars?
(a) To keep bugs off the socks.
(b) So they won't contaminate the water they drink.
(c) To see if they can.
(d) To keep the socks cleaner.

5. What does Zigzag offer Stanley that starts a fight in Part 2?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Milk.
(c) Socks.
(d) Graham Crackers.

6. What stops the warden from taking the large metal case from the boys in Part 2, Chapter 45?
(a) They are covered in yellow-spotted lizards.
(b) They are covered by alligators.
(c) They are covered in scorpions.
(d) They are covered in rattlesnakes.

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

8. 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) He makes a map on his clean socks.
(c) They look for a fossilized rock.
(d) A diagram.

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

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

11. What/who does Stanley refuse to leave Camp Green Lake without?
(a) Kate Barlow's tube of lipstick.
(b) A lizard.
(c) Zero.
(d) The suitcase.

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

13. What surprises Stanley as he walks through the desert alone after the water truck incident?
(a) The number of holes.
(b) The intense sun.
(c) The heat.
(d) Not finding Zero's body.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kate do as she died?

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

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

4. What was Kate missing when Trout and Linda forced her into the desert?

5. What did Kate Barlow find left of the town of Green Lake 20 years after the death of Sam?

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