Plot Details Part 4
Which feeling defines how Kissin’ Kate Barlow felt twenty years after the incident?
Stanley and Zero try to survive in the desert and are searching for ‘God’s thumb’. Read the following quote.
“Every time he looked at [the shape in the distance], it seemed to encourage him” (Sachar).
What do you think this means?
Stanley thought the shape in the distance was ‘God’s thumb’.
Whose name was written on the suitcase/treasure?
Stanley Yelnats
How does Kissin’ Kate Barlow die?
(what happens to her AND how does she react)
bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard, laughing
What is Stanley’s most selfless act?
carrying Zero up the mountain to God’s thumb
What is the name of Stanley’s father’s invention?
Sploosh
Zero runs into the desert because . . .
he just knocked out Mr. Pendanski with a shovel and is tired of being underestimated and mistreated.
Zero could best be described as:
tough and hardworking
kind and caring
What will Camp Green Lake become in the future?
A Girl Scout camp
How/when does Stanley go find Zero?
When he sees the empty water truck.
The Warden tells Zero and Stanley, “Thank you . . . You boys have been a big help” (Sachar). Why does she say that?
She plans to take the treasure from them that they just found and not give them credit.
What happens in the final chapter of the book?
Stanley's dad invents Sploosh; Sploosh commercial; Stanley meets Clyde Livingston, Zero/Hector reunited with his mom
What is the name of Sam the Onion Man’s boat that is found in the middle of the desert?
Mary Lou
Why didn’t the lizards attack Zero and Stanley?
The boys had eaten onions.
What is Stanley’s mood at the end of the novel?
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