Chapter 1: 1. What is Camp Green Lake like? 2. Why might you as well lie down in the hammock once you’ve been bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard? Chapter 2: 1. Why did Stanley go to Camp Green Lake? Chapter 3: 1. Whose fault is it that Stanley has to go to Camp Green Lake? (7) 2. What does Stanley’s father do for a living? (8) 3. How come Stanley’s family might have been rich? (9) Chapter 4: 1. Why does Mr. Sir eat so many sunflower seeds? (12) 2. What will Stanley be doing for the next few months? (13/14) Chapter 5: 1. Who is Mr. Pendanski? 2. Who will Stanley be sharing the tent with? (17/18) 3. How come there’s a bed available in D-tent? Chapter 6: 1. What is Stanley being punished for? (22) 2. Why had Stanley had to walk home that day? (23) 3. Why did he decide to take the shoes home? (24) 4. What made this a terrible crime? (25) Chapter 7: 1. How could the boys get a day off? 2. Why does Madame Zeroni warn Elya for Myra? Is she right? (29/35) 3. How will the pig get fat enough? (29/30) 4. What does Madame Zeroni want in return? (30) 5. How come Elya’s pig isn’t heavier than Igor Barkov’s? (32) 6. Why does it take Stanley so long to dig the first hole? (28/32/34/38)
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Chapters 8-16
Chapter 9: 1. How does Stanley get his nickname? 2. Why is the second hole the hardest? (45) Chapter10: 1. Why did Stanley hope he’d get the day off? (50) Chapter 11: 1. Why would it be better to give his find to X-Ray? (53) 2. Explain why Stanley is happy with his nickname? (53/54) Chapter 12: 1. What’s going on when Stanley comes back after having dug his hole? 2. What’s your impression of Zero so far? Chapter 13: 1. What does Stanley find? 2. What does he do with it? (62) 3. With what effect? (63) Chapter 14: 1. Is what Stanley found the sort of thing they seem to be looking for? (65-66) 2. What is ‘the warden’ like? (66-68) 3. What’her reaction to the find? Chapter 15: 1. 2. 3. 4.
In what way does the digging change? (69-70) ‘though he knew he wouldn’t find anything’ (70) How does he know this? How does ‘the warden’ come to know so much about them? (71) What does all this make Stanley realize? (71)
Chapter 16: 1. Has giving the tube to X-Ray done Stanley any good? (74)
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Chapters 17-25
Chapter 17: 1. How come you could say that finding the tube didn’t do them much good? (78) Chapter 18: 1. What do you find out about Zero in this chapter? 2. What do you find out about Stanley? Chapter 19: 1. ‘He was at the wrong place at the wrong time’ (85) What had happened? 2. How do the other boys react? (87) Chapter 20: 1. How does the warden react to Mr. Sir’s accusation? 2. How come her touch hurts so much? Chapter 21: 1. Why does Stanley compare himself to his greatgrandfather? (92) 2. How had his grandfather survived? (93) Chapter 22: 1. How come Stanley finished his hole first? (95) 2. What does Stanley do in return? (96/97) 3. What does Zero turn out to be very good at? (98/99) 4. What has the visit to the warden made clear to Stanley? (99/100) Chapter 23: 1. What is miss Katherine’s specialty? (101) 2. What do Trout Walker and Clyde Livingston have in common? (102) 3. Why is Trout angry with miss Katherine? (105) Chapter 24: 1. How does Mr. Sir take revenge on Stanley? (106) 2. Why do people go to Sam when they’re ill? (108) 3. What makes Sam’s onions so special? (110)
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Chapters 26 - 32
Chapter 26: 1. Why is Sam hanged? (114) 2. Whom did God punish? (115) 3. What happens to miss Katherine? (115) Chapter 27: 1. How do the others react to Stanley and Zero’s deal? (117) 2. What’s Zero’s real name? (119) Chapter 28: 1. How come the Walkers lost all their money? (122) 2. Why did Kate Barlow die laughing? (123) Chapter 29: 1. What is ‘the thumb of God’? (131) Chapter 30: 1. How come Stanley stands in line first? (133) 2. Why does Zero run away? (138/139) Chapter 31: 1. How is Zero’s disappearance going to be dealt with? (144) Chapter 32: 1. Why does Stanley steal the water truck? (147)
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Chapters 33 - 41
Chapter 34: 1. What does Stanley find in the middle of the lake? (154) Chapter 35: 1. How has Zero survived? (156) Chapter 36: 1. How is Zero after these few days without water? (160) 2. How do they spend the time while walking? (162) 3. Why couldn’t the warden pretend Stanley was never at Camp Green Lake? (163) 4. Why was this possible with Zero? Chapter 37: 1. Why does Stanley think he may find water at Big Thumb? (167) 2. What makes him realize that he’s at least right about the water? (169) Chapter 38: 1. What else does Stanley find on the mountain? (172) Chapter 39: 1. What is Zero’s confession? (175) Chapter 40: 1. What was wrong with Rebecca? (179) 2. What cured her? (178) Chapter 41: 1. How did Zero use to live? (184) 2. Why had he taken the shoes? (184)
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Chapter 42 - 50
Chapter 42 1. How come there’s water at Big Thumb? (185/186) 2. Why does Stanley think they must really stink? (186) 3. Why is Stanley glad the shoes fell on his head? (187) 4. How does Stanley intend to get away from the camp? (187/188) Chapter 43: 1. Why are they going back to the camp? (190) 2. How come the jars didn’t break when Stanley fell? (191) 3. How come Zero was all by himself? (193/194/195) Chapter 44: 1. What does Stanley find in the hole that night? Chapter 45: 1. Why does the warden want the ‘treasure’? (206) 2. How come she can’t just take it from the boys? Chapter 46: 1. Why don’t they try to save the boys? (208) 2. Why don’t the other boys in camp have to dig any holes that day? (210) Chapter 47: 1. How can you be sure that the lizards are in fact hungry? (212) 2. What’s the warden’s real name? (214) 3. Why hadn’t the warden released Stanley the day before? (214/215) 4. How does the attorney know Stanley didn’t steal the suitcase? Chapter 48: 1. Why doesn’t Stanley hurry out of the camp as soon as he can? (219) 2. Why, do you think, doesn’t X-Ray come to greet Stanley and Zero? 3. How come Zero gets to go away with Stanley and Ms Morengo? (222) Chapter 49: 1. What’s lizard juice? (223/224) 2. What’s Stanley’s alibi? (224/225) 3. Why had Stanley’s father hired an attorney? (225) Chapter 50: 1. What was in the suitcase? (230) 2. What’s the last scene in the book about?
