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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 find in the hole he is digging on the third day and gives to X-Ray?

2. What does Armpit do when Stanley calls him by his real name, Theodore, instead of Armpit?

3. What happened to Mary Lou after Sam was killed?

4. Why does the warden lose interest in the digging project?

5. What is Mr. Pendanski's response to the rock with the fish fossil?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the yellow-spotted lizards.

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

3. Describe Kate Barlow and what she was known for in the town of Green Lake.

4. What crime is Stanley sent to Camp Green Lake for?

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

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

7. What does the warden do since there was something found presumably where X-Ray had been digging?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at Zero's personality. Why did Zero hit Mr. Pendanski with a shovel? Why would Zero refuse to go back to camp when it was likely he would die in the desert? Why was Zero so willing to dig for Stanley and to fight for him when Zigzag attacked?

Essay Topic 2

There are many things that Stanley believes to be bad luck because of his family curse. Explain how each thing that happened to him could be looked at as a positive thing since Stanley eventually found the fortune buried by Kate Barlow.

Essay Topic 3

Take a look at Kate Barlow's character. Describe the change that takes place when Sam is killed. What shows the change that has happened to her other than the change in her name? (from Kate Barlow to Kissing Kate Barlow)

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