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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Barf Bag, aka Lewis, the boy who had previously occupied Stanley's cot?
(a) He went home.
(b) He is in the hospital.
(c) He won the lottery.
(d) He died.

2. What feeling does Mr. Sir tell Stanley that Stanley will have for the next eighteen months?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Thirst.
(d) Exhaustion.

3. What does Stanley refer to the camp as when he writes his mother?
(a) Camp come-on-and-get-me-outa-here.
(b) Camp Aaaaaaaa!.
(c) Camp fun and games.
(d) Camp laugh-a-lot.

4. What does the warden explain is the secret ingredient in her red nail polish?
(a) Snake blood.
(b) Scorpion venom.
(c) Lizard spit.
(d) Snake venom.

5. What does Stanley find in the hole he is digging on the third day and gives to X-Ray?
(a) An old shoe.
(b) A tube of lipstick.
(c) The fortune.
(d) A map.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Sam say that Mary Lou has never been sick in her 50 years?

2. What reason does Mr. Pendanski give for Mr. Sir being in a bad mood?

3. What did Sarah sing to her son Stanley after he was born?

4. What has Stanley been told he will win if he ever finds anything interesting while digging?

5. Despite the fact that Zero doesn't read what does Stanley realize Zero is very good at?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Stanley offer to teach Zero to read?

2. What happens during the digging the day after X-Ray supposedly had found the lipstick tube?

3. How does Stanley's first day of digging go?

4. What happened after Kate and Sam were caught kissing?

5. Why did Elya go to Madam Zeroni for help?

6. Describe Kate Barlow and what she was known for in the town of Green Lake.

7. What happens at the beginning of the third day of digging?

8. How does Mr. Sir punish Stanley even though Stanley doesn't say anything about Mr. Sir's discolored face?

9. Describe Camp Green Lake.

10. What does Stanley tell X-Ray to do with the object he finds on his second day of digging?

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