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

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

3. What killed Kate Barlow?
(a) An alligator.
(b) A yellow-spotted lizard.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) A rattlesnake.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zero offer Stanley while they are under the boat?

2. What does Stanley try to do when the water truck comes to give them water?

3. What reason does the warden give for needing to check Stanley's suitcase?

4. What do the warden and other counselors do when they see the boys covered by deadly creatures in the hole?

5. Who does Pendanski blame the fight between Zigzag and Standley on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zero discover about the metal case he and Stanley have found?

2. What happens when the attorney tries to get Stanley in the car to leave Camp Green Lake?

3. What happens when the water truck comes to the dig site the afternoon Zero's replacement arrives?

4. What happens when lightning crosses the dark desert sky?

5. What do Zigzag and the other boys do to Stanley to bait him into a fight?

6. What encourages Stanley as he walks through the desert alone after the water truck incident?

7. What stops the warden from taking the metal case from Zero and Stanley?

8. After recovering on top of the mountain, what do Zero and Stanley plan to do?

9. What happened when Trout came back to Green Lake?

10. What does Mr. Pendanski say happened when the other couselors and the warden come to investigate the fight between Stanley and Zigzag?

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