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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 Zero offer Stanley while they are under the boat?

2. What killed Kate Barlow?

3. What/who does Stanley refuse to leave Camp Green Lake without?

4. What did Kate Barlow find left of the town of Green Lake 20 years after the death of Sam?

5. What reason does the lawyer say the warden can't check the suitcase?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Stanley feel he needs to go back down the mountain, and what is making him hesitant to go?

2. Why does Stanley want to go back to camp so badly after finding Zero in the desert?

3. What surprises Stanley as he walks across the desert after the water truck incident?

4. What happens when the attorney tries to get Stanley in the car to leave Camp Green Lake?

5. What happens when lightning crosses the dark desert sky?

6. What do Zero and Stanley talk about being at the top of the mountain?

7. Explain how it changes Stanley's situation that Zero is digging for Stanley an hour out of every day?

8. What happens when Zero & Stanley return to camp from the mountain?

9. What happens when Stanley and Zero are able to make it to the top of the mountain?

10. What encourages Stanley as he walks through the desert alone after the water truck incident?

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

There are many changes that take place in Stanley. Compare the differences in Stanley's character from before Camp Green Lake, during the cruelty he endured there, and after he was released and had the fortune.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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