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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 39, 40, and 41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stanley find waiting for him when he gets back to camp in Part 1, Chapter 16?
(a) A new cot to sleep on.
(b) A letter from his girlfriend.
(c) A letter from his mother.
(d) His attorney.

2. What does Stanley memorize before he is moved closer to the hole that X-Ray had been digging when he claimed to have found the tube?
(a) The phrase that the warden uses when talking to Mr. Pendanski.
(b) How many steps it is from one hole to the next.
(c) The location of the sun.
(d) The hole the tube had originally been found.

3. What does Stanley do as Zero drifts off to sleep on the mountain?
(a) Goes in search of other food.
(b) Sings him a lullaby.
(c) Covers Zero up.
(d) Digs a hole for better water.

4. What does Mr. Sir do when he finally decides to fill Stanley's canteen?
(a) Sticks his fingers in it.
(b) Goes into the truck where Stanley can't see it.
(c) Spits into it.
(d) Gives it to X-Ray.

5. What killed Kate Barlow?
(a) A rattlesnake.
(b) A yellow-spotted lizard.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) An alligator.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Trout and Linda force Kate into the desert?

2. Who does the warden have fill the canteens after Mr. Pendanski hesitated?

3. When Stanley is sure that Zero isn't going to die on the mountain, what does he do?

4. What did Zero pretend to be while he slept outside?

5. What surprises Stanley when he sees the warden for the first time?

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