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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Zigzag say the warden knows so much about the boys?
2. What have the boys nicknamed Mr. Pendanski?
3. What is Stanley's father's profession?
4. What does X-Ray do for Stanley when the boys return from digging in the evening on the day the warden appears?
5. What does a boy comment on that makes Mr. Sir angry and results in Mr. Sir physically abusing the boy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the warden ask Stanley to bring her when Mr. Sir takes him in for stealing sunflower seeds?
2. What happens at the beginning of the third day of digging?
3. Why did Elya go to Madam Zeroni for help?
4. What does Zero want from Stanley?
5. What does Stanley say to his mother in his letters home?
6. What does Stanley tell X-Ray to do with the object he finds on his second day of digging?
7. What happened after Kate and Sam were caught kissing?
8. What does Stanley suddenly realize about the initials on the tube of lipstick that X-Ray gave to the warden?
9. What happens during the digging the day after X-Ray supposedly had found the lipstick tube?
10. What does Mr. Pendanski tell the boys during their counseling time in Part 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is significant about Hector Zeroni's nickname, "Zero"? Is it possible that both the Zeroni and the Yelnats families were effected by the curse?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the importance that race plays for the characters in the book. In what ways is Sam and Kate's struggle with racism similar to that of the problem that Zero and Stanley face while at camp? In what ways is it different?
Essay Topic 3
Did Sam's onions have healing powers? Why did the people in the town go to see the doctor and take Sam's concoction? Why is it the only place in Green Lake that didn't dry up was Sam's onion field?
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