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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 8, 9, and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tradition do the boys have after they finish every hole?
(a) To urinate in it.
(b) To name it.
(c) To spit in it.
(d) To kick a pile of dirt back in it.

2. What happened to Barf Bag, aka Lewis, the boy who had previously occupied Stanley's cot?
(a) He died.
(b) He won the lottery.
(c) He is in the hospital.
(d) He went home.

3. Why does Stanley have a harder time digging the second day?
(a) Stanley didn't get much sleep.
(b) Stanley missed breakfast.
(c) There are yellow-spotted lizards at the dig site.
(d) His muscles are sore.

4. What feeling does Mr. Sir tell Stanley that Stanley will have for the next eighteen months?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Thirst.
(d) Happiness.

5. Why doesn't X-Ray inspect the fossil Stanley found?
(a) He can't see well.
(b) He feels stupid.
(c) He wanted the day off and is disappointed.
(d) He doesn't like Stanley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Madam Zeroni need someone to carry her to the top of the mountain?

2. Who is staring over Stanley's shoulder while he writes his letter to his parents?

3. Mr. Sir has a tattoo of ________.

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

5. What happened to Stanley's great-grandfather's fortune when he went out west?

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