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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Trout and Linda force Kate into the desert?
(a) They threatened to torture her.
(b) With a knife.
(c) They had a noose around her neck.
(d) At gunpoint.

2. What did Kate do as she died?
(a) Gave Trout and Linda the loot location.
(b) Ate an onion.
(c) Began screaming for help.
(d) Laughed.

3. What is Stanley's biggest fear about dying?
(a) What is after this life.
(b) What would happen to Zero.
(c) How hard it would be on his parents.
(d) The pain involved.

4. What happens when Stanley finds a large object upside-down in the middle of desert when he is walking alone after the water truck incident?
(a) He hears Zero singing.
(b) A hand grabs him.
(c) He finds Zero's body.
(d) He has a vision of Kate Barlow.

5. Who celebrates a birthday in Part 2?
(a) Zigzag.
(b) Armpit.
(c) Lumpy.
(d) Mr. Pendanski.

6. What does Mr. Pendanski do to break up the fight between Zigzag and Stanley?
(a) Starts hitting the kids.
(b) Fires his gun.
(c) Throws water on them.
(d) Gets the warden.

7. What does Zero offer Stanley while they are under the boat?
(a) Water.
(b) Mud Pies.
(c) Gunk.
(d) Sploosh.

8. What does Zigzag offer Stanley that starts a fight in Part 2?
(a) Graham Crackers.
(b) Milk.
(c) Socks.
(d) Cookies.

9. What injury does Zero incur while trying to help Stanley up the side of the mountain?
(a) Stabbed in the stomach.
(b) A twisted ankle.
(c) Splinters.
(d) Gashes on his hands.

10. Why did Linda Miller marry Trout Walker?
(a) Love.
(b) She was pregnant.
(c) It was an arranged Marriage.
(d) Money.

11. What encourages Stanley on through the desert when he is alone?
(a) He hasn't found Zero's body yet.
(b) The rock that looks like a thumbs up.
(c) The fact that he no longer has to dig.
(d) He is scared of Mr. Sir catching him.

12. What is wrong with Zero when Stanley finds him after the water truck incident?
(a) He is dehydrated.
(b) He is sick to his stomach.
(c) He has a headache.
(d) He has heatstroke.

13. What allows Stanley to see the rock that looks like a thumb against the night sky?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Fireworks.
(c) Truck lights.
(d) Spot lights.

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

15. What name does Stanley find on the upside-down object he finds while walking in the desert alone?
(a) Mary Lou.
(b) Trout Walker.
(c) Mr. Sir.
(d) Kate Barlow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pendanski blame the fight between Zigzag and Standley on?

2. What surprises Stanley as he walks through the desert alone after the water truck incident?

3. What does Zero tell Stanley before he falls to sleep on the mountain in Part 2, Chapter 39?

4. What does the warden claim Zero and Stanley did when Stanley's attorney arrives?

5. What happens when Stanley is in the water truck?

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