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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 the warden explain is the secret ingredient in her red nail polish?

2. What does Stanley find Squid doing, even though Squid denies it?

3. What did the sheriff tell Kate that he always got drunk before?

4. What happened to Stanley's great-grandfather's fortune when he went out west?

5. What tradition do the boys have after they finish every hole?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Stanley find while digging on his second day?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the warden's reply to Mr. Sir's accusations of Stanley stealing the sunflower seeds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the ways that Sam's onions helped Stanley and Zero in the book. In what ways is this different that the way they had helped the town so long ago? In what ways is it similar?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the words to the lullaby that had been passed down through both the Yelnats family and the Zeroni family. What is significant about the words in the song?

Essay Topic 3

Speculate on the reasons that X-Ray is the head of the boys at Tent D. What characteristics does X-Ray have that put him in a position of authority? Why is X-Ray unable to congratulate Stanley and Zero when they are released from camp?

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