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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have the boys nicknamed Mr. Pendanski?
(a) Mom.
(b) Dad.
(c) Dummy.
(d) Warden's puppy.

2. What does Stanley find odd about his hole when he returns to the dig site after Mr. Sir took him to get in trouble with the warden?
(a) Someone started filling it back in.
(b) Someone has already dug it.
(c) The other boys threw trash in it.
(d) There is a yellow-spotted lizard in it.

3. What does Stanley find in the hole on the second day?
(a) A map.
(b) A fossil of a fish.
(c) An old shoe.
(d) A nickel.

4. Why does Zero say he did what he did to Stanley's hole while Stanley was away talking with the warden?
(a) Because he felt sorry for Stanley.
(b) Zero loves to dig holes.
(c) Zero hates Mr. Sir.
(d) Because Zero knew Stanley didn't steal the sneakers or the seeds.

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 ignores Stanley.
(b) X-Ray hits Stanley.
(c) X-Ray says he has lost the object.
(d) X-Ray pulls Stanley to a secret place to talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zero tell Stanley when Stanley asks him to not read over his shoulder?

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

3. Why does the warden lose interest in the digging project?

4. What is not true about the yellow-spotted lizards?

5. Why does Stanley have a harder time digging the second day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zero want from Stanley?

2. How did Kate and Sam get to know each other?

3. Describe Mr. Sir.

4. What happens during the digging the day after X-Ray supposedly had found the lipstick tube?

5. What does Stanley find while digging on his second day?

6. Why does Stanley offer to teach Zero to read?

7. What does Stanley say to his mother in his letters home?

8. What is the nickname Stanley gets at Camp Green Lake, and how does he get it?

9. What does Stanley begin to notice changing in himself by Part 1, Chapter 17?

10. Describe the shovels and the reason that the kids are given the shovels at Camp Green Lake.

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