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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. What does Mr. Sir do when Stanley comes to have his canteen filled with water?

2. What does Stanley offer to do for Zero to pay him back for what he did to Stanley's hole while Stanley was away talking with the warden?

3. What does Stanley memorize before he is moved closer to the hole that X-Ray had been digging when he claimed to have found the tube?

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

5. Why does Zero say he did what he did to Stanley's hole while Stanley was away talking with the warden?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the warden do since there was something found presumably where X-Ray had been digging?

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

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

5. What does Stanley suddenly realize about the initials on the tube of lipstick that X-Ray gave to the warden?

6. What crime is Stanley sent to Camp Green Lake for?

7. What does Mr. Pendanski tell the boys during their counseling time in Part 1?

8. Explain what the routine is like at Camp Green Lake.

9. How does Stanley's first day of digging go?

10. Describe the yellow-spotted lizards.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the relationship between Stanley Yelnats and his family. How does this relationship differ from the other kids shown at camp? In what way could Stanley's family relationship have been better?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the reasons that Elya Yelnats ran away without fulfilling his promise to Madam Zeroni. Madam Zeroni knew that the woman Elya wanted to marry was not a prize to be sought after. Did Madam Zeroni know that Elya would leave?

Essay Topic 3

There are many things that Stanley believes to be bad luck because of his family curse. Explain how each thing that happened to him could be looked at as a positive thing since Stanley eventually found the fortune buried by Kate Barlow.

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