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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 reason does Mr. Pendanski give for Mr. Sir being in a bad mood?
(a) Mr. Sir quit smoking.
(b) Mr. Sir hates the heat.
(c) Mr. Sir lost his hat.
(d) Mr. Sir has a tooth ache.

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

3. Why did Madam Zeroni try to dissuade Elya from trying to marry Myra Menke?
(a) Myra was silly and shallow.
(b) Mrya was rich and self-absorbed.
(c) Myra was too old for Elya
(d) Myra was ugly and has a lisp.

4. What does the warden try to get the boys to do the day after the lipstick is brought to the warden's attention?
(a) make a full working line to maximize efficiency.
(b) Tell her the exact location it was found.
(c) Dig faster.
(d) Have them find the rest of the makeup.

5. What does X-Ray do the next morning when Stanley tries to talk about the objective he found digging on the third day?
(a) X-Ray hits Stanley.
(b) X-Ray ignores Stanley.
(c) X-Ray pulls Stanley to a secret place to talk.
(d) X-Ray says he has lost the object.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the "rec room" referred to as the "wreck room"?

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

3. What does Armpit do when Stanley calls him by his real name, Theodore, instead of Armpit?

4. What does Stanley refuse from Mr. Pendanski after Stanley gets out of the first hole he dug?

5. How many changes of clothes are the boys at Camp Green Lake given?

(see the answer key)

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