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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 surprises Stanley as he walks through the desert alone after the water truck incident?
(a) The number of holes.
(b) The intense sun.
(c) Not finding Zero's body.
(d) The heat.

2. What stops the warden from taking the large metal case from the boys in Part 2, Chapter 45?
(a) They are covered in yellow-spotted lizards.
(b) They are covered in scorpions.
(c) They are covered by alligators.
(d) They are covered in rattlesnakes.

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

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

5. What does Stanley do when Mr. Sir fills his canteen again the first time?
(a) Drinks it.
(b) Gives it to Zigzag.
(c) Pours it out.
(d) Uses it to make a mud pie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zero pretend to be while he slept outside?

2. What was it that had made Gladys Tennyson's daughter sick?

3. What makes Stanley think there isn't much hope at the top of the mountain?

4. What does Stanley think after what Zero says as he is falling asleep on the mountain?

5. What does Stanley do as Zero drifts off to sleep on the mountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Mr. Sir has filled Stanley's canteen for the first time?

2. Explain how it changes Stanley's situation that Zero is digging for Stanley an hour out of every day?

3. What happened when Trout came back to Green Lake?

4. What does Zero discover about the metal case he and Stanley have found?

5. How has Zero survived the harsh desert for so long when Stanley finds him?

6. What embarrassed Hattie Parker?

7. What stops the warden from taking the metal case from Zero and Stanley?

8. When Kissing Kate Barlow came back to her town of Green Lake what did she find?

9. Why was Stanley found innocent of stealing the sneakers?

10. What does Mr. Pendanski say happened when the other couselors and the warden come to investigate the fight between Stanley and Zigzag?

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