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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 did Kate do as she died?

2. What killed Kate Barlow?

3. What is Zero doing while he and Stanley are trapped in the hole covered in deadly creatures?

4. What happens when the lawyer asks to see Zero's paperwork?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What encourages Stanley as he walks through the desert alone after the water truck incident?

2. What happens when the water truck comes to the dig site the afternoon Zero's replacement arrives?

3. Why does Stanley feel he needs to go back down the mountain, and what is making him hesitant to go?

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

5. What do Zigzag and the other boys do to Stanley to bait him into a fight?

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

7. What do Zero and Stanley talk about being at the top of the mountain?

8. After recovering on top of the mountain, what do Zero and Stanley plan to do?

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

10. What happens when Zero is questioned about the reading lessons Stanley is giving him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the relationship between Zero and Stanley to that of the relationship between Madam Zeroni and Elya Yelnats.

Essay Topic 2

There are many changes that take place in Stanley. Compare the differences in Stanley's character from before Camp Green Lake, during the cruelty he endured there, and after he was released and had the fortune.

Essay Topic 3

Why did Mr. Sir choose to refuse Stanly any water after Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds were taken? Could there have been better punishment? Describe Mr. Sir and Stanley's stand off regarding the water and what it's really about.

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