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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 reason does Mr. Pendanski give for Mr. Sir being in a bad mood?

2. Who was the first person that Kate kissed after she killed them, starting the name "Kissing Kate Barlow" and her life as an outlaw?

3. Why does Zero say he did what he did to Stanley's hole while Stanley was away talking with the warden?

4. What does the warden tell Mr. Pendanski to do that he has already done?

5. What is Stanley's original reply when Zero asks him to teach him to read?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Stanley's second hole differ from the first?

2. Describe Camp Green Lake.

3. Why does Stanley offer to teach Zero to read?

4. What happens when Magnet steals Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds?

5. What does X-Ray tell Stanley after Stanley has shown his fossil fish to Mr. Pendanski?

6. Describe the shovels and the reason that the kids are given the shovels at Camp Green Lake.

7. What happens during the digging the day after X-Ray supposedly had found the lipstick tube?

8. What does Stanley say to his mother in his letters home?

9. What does Zero want from Stanley?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the relationship between Stanley Yelnats and his family. How does this relationship differ from the other kids shown at camp? In what way could Stanley's family relationship have been better?

Essay Topic 2

1) List several of the boys in Tent D at Camp Green Lake. In what ways are these boys alike?In what ways are they different? Would each of the boys characters fall under "Bad" or "Good"?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Mr. Pendanski's personality. Is he as abusive to the children as Mr. Sir? Why was Mr. Pendanski willing to take the abuse dished out by the warden? Why did Mr. Pendanski insist on treating Zero like he was stupid?

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