Setting & Survival
This piece of equipment is essential for digging holes every day.
What is a shovel?
Stanley feels unlucky mainly because of this family belief.
What is that his family is cursed?
The boys at camp use these instead of their real names.
What are nicknames?
The boys are required to finish their holes by this time of day.
What is the end of the day (before rest time)?
This is the first thing Stanley notices about Camp Green Lake when he arrives.
What is that there is no lake (it’s a dry desert)?
The extreme heat at camp is mainly caused by the lack of this natural feature.
What is shade (or trees)?
Stanley rides in this to get to Camp Green Lake.
What is a bus?
Zero ask Stanley to help him with this.
What is reading?
If a boy doesn’t follow directions, he may be punished by these adults.
Who are the counselors?
Stanley receives this item before he starts digging, which becomes very important in the heat.
What is a canteen (water jug)?
The ground at Camp Green Lake is described as being hard like this.
What is rock (or very dry dirt)?
Stanley quickly learns that digging holes all day is this kind of work.
What is very hard (or exhausting)?
This is the item Magnet stole from Mr. Sir.
What are sunflower seeds?
The boys are expected to report anything unusual they find while digging because of this rule.
What is they must give anything interesting to the Warden?
This building is where Stanley first meets the Warden.
What is the office (or main building)?
This item is the boys’ main protection against the sun while digging.
What is a hat?
At first, Stanley does this to avoid conflict with the other boys.
What is keeps to himself (or stays quiet)?
Stanley gets caught with the stolen sunflower seeds and is taken to go talk to this person.
Who is the Worden?
Breaking rules at camp can lead to this general outcome.
What is punishment (or trouble)?
Stanley learns quickly that the other boys judge him based on this.
What is how he acts (or whether he pulls his weight / works hard)?
The camp used to thrive because of this natural resource that is now gone.
What is water (the lake)?
Stanley begins to feel stronger as a result of this daily activity
What is digging holes?
The Worden makes her own nail polish with this special ingredient.
What is snake venom?
The strict environment at camp is meant to control the boys through this.
What is discipline (or fear)?
This early experience teaches Stanley that life at camp will not be fair or easy.
What is digging his first hole (or struggling to complete it)?