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

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

3. When would Zero go to homeless shelters?
(a) When he felt sad.
(b) When he was scared.
(c) When he was hungry.
(d) Only in bad weather.

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

5. What does Stanley find upside-down while walking through the desert alone?
(a) A boat.
(b) A horse.
(c) A jet ski.
(d) A house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury does Zero incur while trying to help Stanley up the side of the mountain?

2. What does Mr. Pendanski tell Stanley to do when Zigzag is taunting him in Part 2?

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

4. Why did Linda Miller marry Trout Walker?

5. What does Stanley do for Zero to keep him moving and his mind off the pain when they are in the desert alone?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Stanley learn about Zero's past?

4. When Kissing Kate Barlow came back to her town of Green Lake what did she find?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Stanley feel he needs to go back down the mountain, and what is making him hesitant to go?

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

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