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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. When would Zero go to homeless shelters?

2. What encourages Stanley on through the desert when he is alone?

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

4. What do the boys say Stanley did to deserve Mr. Sir's treatment with the water?

5. What is Stanley's biggest fear about dying?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the boy that comes to Camp Green Lake to take Zero's place.

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

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

6. What does Stanley learn about Zero's past?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Describe Mr. Pendanski's personality. Is he as abusive to the children as Mr. Sir? Why was Mr. Pendanski willing to take the abuse dished out by the warden? Why did Mr. Pendanski insist on treating Zero like he was stupid?

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