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

2. 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.

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

4. What was it that had made Gladys Tennyson's daughter sick?
(a) Dirty water.
(b) Sploosh.
(c) Onions.
(d) Bad meat.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By Part 2, Chapter 42, what has happened to Stanley for the first time in his life that makes him happy?

3. Why did Linda Miller marry Trout Walker?

4. Why does Stanley plan a trip back to Camp Green Lake?

5. What do the boys say Stanley did to deserve Mr. Sir's treatment with the water?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What embarrassed Hattie Parker?

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

7. Explain how it changes Stanley's situation that Zero is digging for Stanley an hour out of every day?

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

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

10. Why was Stanley found innocent of stealing the sneakers?

(see the answer keys)

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