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

2. What two things do Zero and Stanley pack before heading back to camp from the mountain?
(a) Shovels and water.
(b) Onions and water.
(c) Socks and shovels.
(d) Onions and clean socks.

3. What does the warden claim Zero and Stanley did when Stanley's attorney arrives?
(a) Stole her suitcase.
(b) Tried to attack her.
(c) Tried to use the lizards to kill the councilors.
(d) Tried to steal her money.

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

5. What does Zero do when Stanley asks him what the mountain looks like?
(a) Shrugs.
(b) Begins to pray.
(c) Looks confused.
(d) Gives him a thumbs up.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Zero tell Stanley that Stanley did and his mother did it too?

3. What does Stanley tell Zero the onion is that they find atop the mountain?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Zero and Stanley spend their time doing on top of the mountain?

2. What embarrassed Hattie Parker?

3. What happens when Zero & Stanley return to camp from the mountain?

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

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

6. Describe the boy that comes to Camp Green Lake to take Zero's place.

7. What do Zero and Stanley talk about being at the top of the mountain?

8. Why does Stanley want to go back to camp so badly after finding Zero in the desert?

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

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

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