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Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 1-3

Chapter 1

1. What happened to Camp Green Lake? ____________________________________

2. Who owns the shade at Camp Green Lake? _______________________________

3. Why do campers try to get bitten by a rattlesnake or a scorpion? _______________

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4. What happens if you are bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard? ____________________

5. Why would anyone go to a place like Camp Green Lake? _____________________

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6. Predict: What role will the yellow-spotted lizard play in the book? ______________

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Chapter 2

1. What kind of people are sent to Camp Green Lake? _________________________

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2. Why do the Campers have to dig holes? __________________________________

3. Why does Stanley choose to go to Camp Green Lake? _______________________

4. Predict: Why is Stanley being sent to Camp Green Lake? What did he do? _______

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Chapter 3

1. What do Stanley and his parents pretend about Stanley going away? ____________

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2. What does Stanley think he is going to do at Camp Green Lake? _______________

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3. How is Stanley described? _____________________________________________

4. Who does Stanley blame for his conviction? ________________________________

5. Why does Stanley’s family believe they have bad luck? _______________________

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6. What is unusual about the name Stanley Yelnats? ___________________________

7. What happened to the first Stanley Yelnats? _______________________________

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8. What project leads to Stanley’s arrest? ____________________________________

9. What does Stanley first notice about Camp Green Lake? _____________________

10. Predict: How are sneakers connected to Stanley’s troubles? ___________________

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Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 4-6

Chapter 4

1. What does Stanley see when he steps out of the bus? _______________________

2. Why does the man in the cowboy hat eat sunflower seeds? ___________________

3. What is Stanley told to call the man in the cowboy hat? _______________________

4. What does Stanley have to do every day, including Saturdays and Sundays? _____

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5. What time does Stanley have to start his day? Why? _________________________

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6. What does Mr. Sir use his gun for? _______________________________________

7. Why doesn’t Camp Green Lake need a fence? _____________________________

8. Predict: Is there another reason campers have to dig holes? ___________________

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Chapter 5

1. Who is Stanley told he needs to worry about? ______________________________

2. Why doesn’t Stanley tell Mr. Pendanski that he is innocent? ___________________

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3. Why doesn’t Mr. Pendanski call the boys by their nicknames? __________________

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4. What happens when Stanley calls Armpit by his real name? ___________________

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5. Predict: What will Stanley’s nickname be? _________________________________

Chapter 6

1. What is Stanley’s crime? _______________________________________________

2. Who is Clyde Livingston? ______________________________________________

3. What is the worst part of Livingston’s testimony, according to Stanley? ___________

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4. What does Derrick do to Stanley on the day Stanley is arrested? _______________

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5. According to Stanley, how does he end up with the sneakers? _________________

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6. What does Stanley think when the sneakers land on him? _____________________

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7. Where were the sneakers when they were stolen? ___________________________

8. What were the sneakers intended for? ___________________________________

9. Who does Stanley blame for his predicament? ______________________________

10. Why does the judge tell Stanley to decide quickly between jail and Camp Green Lake? ______________________________________________________________

11. Predict: What will happen to Stanley while he is at Camp Green Lake? ___________

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Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapter 7

Chapter 7

1. What does the lake remind Stanley of? ____________________________________

2. What are the boys digging for? __________________________________________

3. What should the boys do if they find anything? ______________________________

4. What difficulties does Stanley encounter while digging? _______________________

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5. Who is Elya Yelnats? _________________________________________________

6. How does Madame Zeroni help Elya Yelnats in his quest to marry Myra Menke? ___

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7. What does Elya have to do with the piglet? ________________________________

8. What does Elya have to promise to do for Madame Zeroni? ___________________

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9. What will happen if Elya fails to obey Madame Zeroni’s wishes? ________________

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10. What does Mr. Sir spit into Stanley’s hole? _________________________________

11. What happens when Elya presents his pig to Myra’s father? ___________________

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12. Why isn’t Elya able to fulfill his promise to Madame Zeroni? ___________________

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13. Who is Elya constantly looking for in America? ______________________________

14. Why is Stanley familiar with Sarah’s pig lullaby? ____________________________

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15. What happens to Stanley after he finishes his hole? _________________________

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16. Predict: What will happen next to Elya Yelnats? _____________________________

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Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 8-10

Chapter 8

1. Describe the yellow-spotted lizard. Why does its name seem odd? ______________

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2. Where do yellow-spotted lizards live? _____________________________________

3. What do yellow-spotted lizards eat? ______________________________________

4. Predict: Considering the diet of the yellow-spotted lizard, why does Mr. Sir munch on sunflower seeds? ____________________________________________________

Chapter 9

1. What does X-Ray say about digging the second hole? ________________________

2. What have the boys done to the rec room? ________________________________

3. What does Zero ask Stanley about the sneakers? ___________________________

4. Who is Caveman? ____________________________________________________

5. Predict: Why is Zero able to describe Clyde Livingston’s shoes? ________________

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Chapter 10

1. What does Stanley find near his hole? ____________________________________

2. What does Stanley think his discovery will do for him? ________________________

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3. Predict: What type of discovery would the Warden consider “interesting”? ________

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Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 11-12

Chapter 11

1. What does X-Ray want Stanley to do the next time he finds something interesting? Why? ______________________________________________________________

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2. Why does Stanley agree? ______________________________________________

3. Why does Stanley agree that X-Ray is the leader? ___________________________

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4. What does Stanley realize about his own size? _____________________________

5. While digging, what does Stanley imagine to distract himself? __________________

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6. Predict: What type of friendship will Stanley establish with the boys at Camp Green Lake? ______________________________________________________________

Chapter 12

1. What are the boys discussing in the circle with Mr. Pendanski? _________________

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2. What is Mr. Pendanski’s advice about life? _________________________________

3. Mr. Pendanski tells Stanley that he is at Camp Green Lake because of one person. Who does Stanley think he is talking about? ________________________________

4. What does Zero say he likes to do? ______________________________________

5. Predict: Why doesn’t Zero fit in with the rest of the group? What will happen to him in the future? __________________________________________________________

Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 13-14

Chapter 13

1. How does Stanley envision himself a year and a half from now? ________________

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2. What does Stanley find while he is digging? ________________________________

3. What do the boys think it is? ____________________________________________

4. What does Stanley suggest X-Ray do with the find? _________________________

5. What happens to Stanley while the boys wait in line for water? What is the significance of this? ___________________________________________________

6. Predict: What did Stanley find? __________________________________________

Chapter 14

1. What happens when Stanley tries to talk to X-Ray the next morning? ____________

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2. How does Mr. Pendanski think the Warden will feel about the tube? _____________

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3. What is the Warden like? ______________________________________________

4. How does the Warden treat Mr. Pendanski? ________________________________

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5. Predict: What is the Warden looking for? __________________________________

Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 15-17

Chapter 15

1. How does the Warden change the way the boys dig? ________________________

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2. What happens if they find something? ____________________________________

3. According to Zigzag, how does the Warden know the boys’ names? _____________

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4. Why doesn’t X-Ray talk to Stanley at breakfast? ____________________________

5. What does Stanley realize about why they dig holes? ________________________

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6. Predict: Why does Stanley memorize the location of the hole where the tube was found? What will he do with this information? _______________________________

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Chapter 16

1. What does Zigzag say he is watching in the “wreck” room? ____________________

2. Why is that strange? __________________________________________________

3. What is it that Zero has never heard of? ___________________________________

4. Predict: What happened in Zero’s past? Why is he different from other boys his age? ___________________________________________________________________

Chapter 17

1. Why is the Warden losing patience? ______________________________________

2. What does the Warden do to Armpit? Why? ________________________________

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3. What does the Warden tell Mr. Pendanski about the boys’ water? _______________

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4. What happens to Stanley while he digs? __________________________________

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5. Predict: How long will the Warden make them dig in the same spot? _____________

Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 18-22

Chapter 18

1. Why does Stanley stay in the tent to write to his mother? ______________________

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2. Who looks over his shoulder? Why doesn’t Stanley care? _____________________

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3. What is Zero unable to do? _____________________________________________

4. How does Stanley reply to Zero’s request? _________________________________

5. What has happened to Stanley’s heart (figuratively)? _________________________

6. Predict: Will Stanley decide to help Zero? __________________________________

Chapter 19

1. Why aren’t there any racial problems at Camp Green Lake? ___________________

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2. Where did the sunflower seeds come from? ________________________________

3. What happens when Zigzag throws the seeds to Stanley? Why is this bad? _______

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4. How does Stanley explain the presence of the sunflower seeds? _______________

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5. What do the boys begin to do once Stanley takes the blame? __________________

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6. Predict: Why does Stanley take the blame? Will he now feel differently about the boys? ______________________________________________________________

Chapter 20

1. What is Stanley surprised to see at the Warden’s cabin? ______________________

2. What does Mr. Sir think about Stanley’s confession? _________________________

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3. What is the secret ingredient in the Warden’s nail polish? _____________________

4. What does the Warden do to Mr. Sir? _____________________________________

5. Predict: How will Mr. Sir treat Stanley now? _______________________________

Chapter 21

1. What happened to Stanley’s great-grandfather? _____________________________

2. What does Stanley discover when he returns to his hole? _____________________

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3. Who dug Stanley’s hole? _______________________________________________

4. Predict: Will Stanley’s idea of Zero change? ________________________________

Chapter 22

1. According to the other boys, why did Zero dig Stanley’s hole? __________________

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2. What reason does Zero give for digging the hole? ___________________________

3. What does Stanley agree to do for Zero? __________________________________

4. What subject is Zero good at? ___________________________________________

5. What deal do Stanley and Zero make? ____________________________________

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6. Why does Stanley reconsider the deal? ___________________________________

7. What dose Stanley realize about the metal tube? ____________________________

8. To whom does he think the tube belonged? ________________________________

9. Predict: What will Stanley do with his information about the metal tube? __________

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Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 23-26

Chapter 23

1. What was Green Lake like one hundred and ten years ago? ___________________

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2. What does Miss Barlow make better than anyone else? ______________________

3. Who is Miss Barlow expected to marry? ___________________________________

4. What does Miss Barlow do to make Charles “Trout” Walker mad? _______________

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5. Predict: How will the story of Miss Barlow connect to Stanley’s story? ____________

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Chapter 24

1. What happens to the boy who asks about Mr. Sir’s face? _____________________

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2. What does Mr. Sir do when it is Stanley’s turn to get water? ___________________

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3. Predict: What will Stanley do now that he is on Mr. Sir’s bad side? ______________

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Chapter 25

1. What does Sam sell? _________________________________________________

2. Who is Mary Lou? ____________________________________________________

3. What deal does Sam make with Miss Barlow? ______________________________

4. Why can’t Sam attend class? ___________________________________________

5. Why is Miss Barlow unhappy when she runs out of things for Sam to fix? _________

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6. How does Sam respond when Miss Barlow tell him that her heart is breaking? _____

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7. Why is Hattie Parker angry when she sees Katherine and Sam together? _________

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8. Predict: How will Miss Barlow be punished? ________________________________

Chapter 26

1. What happens at the schoolhouse the day after Sam kisses Miss Barlow? ________

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2. What does the sheriff do about the situation at the school? ____________________

3. Who are the townspeople planning to hang? Why? __________________________

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4. What deal does the sheriff try to make with Miss Barlow? _____________________

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5. What happens to Sam and Mary Lou? ____________________________________

6. What hasn’t happened in Green Lake since? _______________________________

7. Who does Miss Barlow become? ________________________________________

8. Predict: Has Stanley really found the lipstick case of this Kate Barlow? ___________

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Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 27-28

Chapter 27

1. Why does Mr. Pendanski give Stanley more water? __________________________

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2. What do the boys say about Zero helping to dig Stanley’s hole? ________________

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3. What does Stanley do with his canteen after Mr. Sir fills it up? Why? ____________

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4. What is Zero’s real name? _____________________________________________

5. Predict: Who is Zero a descendent of? Will Stanley recognize Zero’s last name? ___

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Chapter 28

1. Who barges into Kate’s cabin? Why? _____________________________________

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2. What happened to Trout’s money? _______________________________________

3. What do they force Kate to do? __________________________________________

4. What happens to Kate? ________________________________________________

Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 29 - 32

PART II

Chapter 29

1. What is the weather like at Camp Green Lake? _____________________________

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2. What does Stanley think he sees when the sky lights up? _____________________

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3. Predict: What might be the significance of the turquoise-studded black boots that Kate leaves beside her bed? And the cabin where she lives? __________________

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Chapter 30

1. What does Stanley realize about Kate Barlow? _____________________________

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2. What do the other boys say to Stanley about Zero digging Stanley’s hole? ________

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3. What do they make Stanley do in line? ____________________________________

4. What does Mr. Pendanski tell Stanley to do to Zigzag? _______________________

5. What happens when Stanley obeys? _____________________________________

6. What does Zero do? __________________________________________________

7. What happens when the Warden discovers the deal between Stanley and Zero? ___

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8. What does Stanley realize about the Warden’s reason for making the boys dig hole? ___________________________________________________________________

9. What does Zero do to Mr. Pendanski? ____________________________________

Chapter 31

1. Why is Stanley angry with himself? _______________________________________

2. What does Stanley hope for Zero? _______________________________________

3. Where was Zero living when he was arrested? ______________________________

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4. What does the Warned tell Mr. Pendanski to do about Zero? ___________________

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5. Predict: Will the Warden’s plan get her into trouble in the future? _______________

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Chapter 32

1. What worries Stanley most about Zero? ___________________________________

2. What does Stanley do while Mr. Sir is filling canteens? _______________________

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3. What happens while Stanley is driving? ___________________________________

4. Predict: Will Stanley be able to survive? ___________________________________

Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 33 – 39

Chapter 33

1. What is Stanley’s plan ? _______________________________________________

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2. What does Stanley see in the hole? ______________________________________

3. Predict: Will Stanley encounter any more yellow-spotted lizards? _______________

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Chapter 34

1. What is Stanley walking toward? _________________________________________

2. What does Stanley find in the middle of the lake? ___________________________

3. Who did the boat once belong to? ________________________________________

4. Predict: Who is in the hole by the boat? ___________________________________

Chapter 35

1. What has Zero been drinking? __________________________________________

2. What does it taste like? ________________________________________________

3. What does Stanley find out about Barf Bag? _______________________________

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4. Predict: What will Stanley ask Zero to do? _________________________________

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Chapter 36

1. What keeps happening to Zero? _________________________________________

2. What does Stanley fear most about dying? _________________________________

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3. What do they have to do when they reach the end of the lake? _________________

4. What happens to Zero as he helps Stanley up? _____________________________

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5. Predict: Will Stanley and Zero make it to the top of the mountain? _______________

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Chapter 37

1. What happens to Zero while walking? _____________________________________

2. What do the plant and bugs indicate to Stanley? ____________________________

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3. Predict: Will Zero survive? ______________________________________________

Chapter 38

1. What does Stanley do with Zero? ________________________________________

2. What does Stanley realize as he lies in the mud? ____________________________

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3. As Stanley digs deeper, what does he find? ________________________________

4. What does he do with it? _______________________________________________

5. Predict: Why is an onion buried in the mud on the mountain? __________________

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Chapter 39

1. What is the problem with the water? ______________________________________

2. What must Stanley do to fix the problem? Why can’t he? ______________________

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3. What does Zero confess to Stanley? _____________________________________

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4. Predict: Why is an onion buried in the mud on the mountain? __________________

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Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 40 - 44

Chapter 40

1. What does Sam do for Becca? __________________________________________

2. What does Stanley set off to find? ________________________________________

3. Why is Stanley unsure of whether he is going the right way? ___________________

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4. Predict: Is there a connection between Sam and the onion Stanley finds? ________

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Chapter 41

1. What was Zero’s life like before Camp Green Lake? _________________________

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2. Why did Zero take Clyde Livingston’s shoes? _______________________________

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3. What did Zero do with the shoes when he discovered the truth? ________________

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4. Why was Zero arrested? _______________________________________________

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5. Predict: How does Stanley feel about Zero now? ____________________________

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Chapter 42

1. What does Stanley know they will eventually have to do? _____________________

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2. How long have the boys been on the mountain? ____________________________

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3. Why does Stanley wonder if he is delirious? ________________________________

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4. How does Stanley feel about where he is? _________________________________

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5. What does Stanley consider doing instead of returning to Camp Green Lake? _____

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6. What does Stanley decide to do instead? Why? _____________________________

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7. Predict: Will Stanley’s idea turn out to be a good one? ________________________

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Chapter 43

1. What does Zero say about the song his mom sang? _________________________

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2. What plan do the boys make? ___________________________________________

3. Why do they each decide to take a drink at the same time? ____________________

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4. What did Zero’s mother do? ____________________________________________

5. Where do the boys wait? _______________________________________________

6. Predict: Will Stanley and Zero get caught? _________________________________

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Chapter 44

1. What does Zero return to the hole with? ___________________________________

2. What does Stanley hit while digging? _____________________________________

3. What happens when Stanley attempts to climb out of the hole? _________________

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4. Predict: What will happen to the boys now? What is in the suitcase? _____________

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Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 45 - 48

Chapter 45

1. Why does the Warden stop talking? ______________________________________

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2. What does Stanley discover about his hole? _______________________________

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3. What did the Warden watch her parents do when she was little? ________________

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4. What did she have to do as she got older? _________________________________

5. Predict: Who is the “A.G”? What is the real identity of the Warden? ______________

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Chapter 46

1. What happens to Mr. Pendanski? ________________________________________

2. What are the adults going to say about Stanley? ____________________________

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3. What about Zero? ____________________________________________________

4. What did Stanley miss the day before? ____________________________________

5. Why doesn’t the Warden care if the boys never dig anymore holes? _____________

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6. Predict: How will the boys escape from the lizards? __________________________

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Chapter 47

1. What does Zero say as he sits with the lizards? _____________________________

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2. What happens when Stanley tries to climb out of the hole? ____________________

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3. What does Zero ask Stanley? ___________________________________________

4. Who shows up at Camp Green Lake? ____________________________________

5. How does the Warden explain Stanley’s and Zero’s situation? _________________

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6. Who is the woman? ___________________________________________________

7. According to the Warden, why didn’t she release Stanley the day before? ________

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8. What name is on the suitcase? __________________________________________

9. Predict: Who does the suitcase belong to? How did it end up in the hole? _________

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Chapter 48

1. Who is the tall man? __________________________________________________

2. What does the Warden say about the suitcase now? _________________________

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3. What does the warden tell Stanley to do? __________________________________

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4. Why is Stanley told not to worry about Zero? _______________________________

5. What does Stanley’s lawyer ask to see? ___________________________________

6. What do all the boys from camp come to do? _______________________________

7. Why is Zero able to leave with Stanley and his lawyer? _______________________

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8. Predict: What lies ahead for Stanley, Zero, and the Warden? __________________

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Name: _________________________ Study Questions Chapters 49 - 50

Chapter 49

1. Where did the lizards live before the lake dried up? __________________________

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2. According to Sam, what is it that lizards do not like? _________________________

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3. What did Stanley’s father invent? ________________________________________

4. What does the invention smell like? ______________________________________

5. Predict: Why is rain falling on the empty lake now, after 110 years? _____________

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Chapter 50

1. Who is the great-great-great-grandson of Madame Zeroni? ____________________

2. When did Stanley’s father invent his cure? _________________________________

3. What will Camp Green Lake become? Why is this humorous? _________________

4. What is in the suitcase? What is most valuable? ____________________________

5. What do Stanley and Zero each end up with? ______________________________

6. What does Stanley do with his money? ___________________________________

7. What does Zero do with his money? Why? _________________________________

8. What is the name of the foot odor cure? ___________________________________

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