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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 14, 15, and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Stanley's great-grandfather's fortune when he went out west?
(a) He lost it in the desert.
(b) It was taken by Indians.
(c) The government took it.
(d) It was stolen by Kissing Kate Barlow.

2. Who does Stanley say he has to blame for being at camp?
(a) His dog.
(b) His no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-grandfather.
(c) His crazy-no-good-lazy-dumb-aunt.
(d) His no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-grandmother.

3. 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) How many steps it is from one hole to the next.
(b) The hole the tube had originally been found.
(c) The location of the sun.
(d) The phrase that the warden uses when talking to Mr. Pendanski.

4. Who does the warden have fill the canteens after Mr. Pendanski hesitated?
(a) X-Ray.
(b) Zero.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Mr. Sir.

5. Why does Stanley tell X-Ray to wait to give what he found in the hole on the third day to Mr. Pendanski until the next day?
(a) So they can lie about where they found it.
(b) So that they will get more time off.
(c) They want to try the lipstick on.
(d) So they can see if there is anything valuable about the tube.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stanley notice when he sees the boys line up for water?

2. Why does Stanley decide not to go to the warden directly with what he finds in a hole on the third day of digging?

3. What happened to Barf Bag, aka Lewis, the boy who had previously occupied Stanley's cot?

4. What does Stanley's mother say her apartment smells like?

5. Why does Stanley's family not go to court to defend Stanley?

(see the answer key)

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