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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the boys supposed to measure the holes that they dig?
(a) With their shovels.
(b) With their arms.
(c) The warden comes and measures.
(d) They are given rulers.

2. What does Stanley pretend Camp Green Lake is to make it more enjoyable?
(a) A rich kid summer camp.
(b) A day spa resort.
(c) Summer school.
(d) A sleep over.

3. What happened to Mary Lou after Sam was killed?
(a) She ran away.
(b) Kate managed to hide her.
(c) She was eaten.
(d) She was shot in the head.

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

5. Who was the first person that Kate kissed after she killed them, starting the name "Kissing Kate Barlow" and her life as an outlaw?
(a) Mr. Sir.
(b) Trout Walker.
(c) Hattie Parker.
(d) The Sheriff.

6. What did Sarah sing to her son Stanley after he was born?
(a) A song about a treasure.
(b) The pig lullaby.
(c) A song about an apple tree.
(d) A song about Elya's travel to America.

7. What is on the object Stanley finds while digging on the third day?
(a) Stanley's name.
(b) A heart and the letters K.B.
(c) An arrow.
(d) A heart and the name Mary Lou.

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

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

10. What does Stanley's mother say her apartment smells like?
(a) "Old Mother Hubbard."
(b) "Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater."
(c) "The Muffin Man."
(d) "Old Woman in the Shoe."

11. What is said to be true if a person can see the yellow spots on a yellow-spotted lizard?
(a) You can smell them.
(b) You are already dead.
(c) You need to run.
(d) You are looking at their belly.

12. What does Zero tell Mr. Pendanski when asked what he wants to do with his life?
(a) He wants to be president.
(b) He tells Mr. Pendanski to shut up.
(c) He wants to be a policeman.
(d) He likes to dig holes.

13. What does a boy comment on that makes Mr. Sir angry and results in Mr. Sir physically abusing the boy?
(a) Mr. Sir's stitches.
(b) Mr. Sir's new dog.
(c) Mr. Sir's broken arm.
(d) Mr. Sir's swollen face.

14. What happens when Stanley finishes his first hole?
(a) Stanley is allowed a phone call home.
(b) Stanley names the hole.
(c) Stanley can't get out.
(d) The other boys cheer Stanley.

15. Where had Stanley's great-grandfather said that he found refuge when he was left in the desert for 17 days?
(a) God's shelter.
(b) The hand of God.
(c) The finger of God.
(d) Atop of a mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the warden try to get the boys to do the day after the lipstick is brought to the warden's attention?

2. What does Stanley refer to the camp as when he writes his mother?

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

4. What does Stanley find in the hole he is digging on the third day and gives to X-Ray?

5. What animal does Camp Green Lake not have?

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