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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stanley pretend that Camp Green Lake is offering him when he writes letters to his mother?

2. What nickname is Stanley given after he has dug his first hole?

3. What does Stanley find in the hole he is digging on the third day and gives to X-Ray?

4. What was Kate Barlow's job in the town of Green Lake?

5. What was Kate Barlow known for making?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nickname Stanley gets at Camp Green Lake, and how does he get it?

2. Describe the yellow-spotted lizards.

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

4. How did Kate and Sam get to know each other?

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

6. What does Stanley suddenly realize about the initials on the tube of lipstick that X-Ray gave to the warden?

7. What does the warden ask Stanley to bring her when Mr. Sir takes him in for stealing sunflower seeds?

8. What does Stanley begin to notice changing in himself by Part 1, Chapter 17?

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

10. What does Mr. Pendanski tell the boys during their counseling time in Part 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the situations and actions that had to arise in order to assure that Madam Zeroni's and Elya Yelnats' descendants were both at Green Lake at the same time. Was this luck or destiny? Why did Green Lake's drought seemingly begin and end with the Yelnats' family curse?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Mr. Sir choose to refuse Stanly any water after Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds were taken? Could there have been better punishment? Describe Mr. Sir and Stanley's stand off regarding the water and what it's really about.

Essay Topic 3

Did Sam's onions have healing powers? Why did the people in the town go to see the doctor and take Sam's concoction? Why is it the only place in Green Lake that didn't dry up was Sam's onion field?

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