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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 feeling does Mr. Sir tell Stanley that Stanley will have for the next eighteen months?

2. How did Stanley's great-grandfather make his fortune?

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

4. What does Stanley find waiting for him when he gets back to camp in Part 1, Chapter 16?

5. When Stanley returns to the camp after digging his second hole, what does he find happening?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to Stanley when the boys are all digging in one giant hole?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Stanley handle the fact that he is going to Camp Green Lake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the reasons that Elya Yelnats ran away without fulfilling his promise to Madam Zeroni. Madam Zeroni knew that the woman Elya wanted to marry was not a prize to be sought after. Did Madam Zeroni know that Elya would leave?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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