Ch.20
Why was Stanley brought to the Warden?
Stanley said that he stole Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds.
What animal made that "twitching" sound when Stanley was back in his hole?
a rattlesnake
110 years ago, Green Lake was thriving with clear cool water, peach trees in bloom, picnics, and the 4th of July. Miss Katherine Barlow was famous for her what?
fabulous spiced peaches
When people got sick, 110 years ago, who would they see?
Dr. Hawthorne and Sam the onion man
What did Kate do for revenge?
She shot the sheriff and kissed him with some red lipstick and she became a feared outlaw of the West.
snake venom
Stanley started teaching Zero how to what?
read
What was her job?
She was a teacher.
What happened to Sam and Kate in the end of Ch. 26?
They tried to escape the town because they were going to hang Sam for kissing Kate. As they were trying to escape on a boat, Trout crashed into them with his boat. Sam was shot.
Why did she kiss the dead sheriff?
The sheriff wanted Kate to kiss him instead of the black man, Sam, and he won't kill Sam.
When is the polish harmless - when it's dry or wet still?
dry
The initials: KB which means Kate Barlow.
Who is Charles "Trout" Walker? Give 2 things.
her student
son of the richest man in the county
he had stinky feet from a fungus
he was loud and stupid
he liked Kate
What was the deal made between Kate and Sam?
Sam would fix the leaky roof of the school house for 6 jars of Kate's spiced peaches.
Ever since that happened, what stopped happening in Green Lake?
rain
Why was Mr. Sir in pain?
What was it that Zero knew about Stanley's "crime"?
Zero knew Stanley didn't steal the sunflower seeds and the sneakers.
Why did Mr. Sir grab a kid by the throat and almost choked him during breakfast?
The boy asked why his face was "swollen to the size of half a cantaloupe".
Kate and Sam started to like each other. So why did Hattie Parker whisper that "God will punish you!" to them?
Sam was a Negro and back then, it was against the law to be together with a black person.
What was Zero's real name?
Hector Zeroni
Why did she do that to him?
She was bothered and didn't care about his sunflower seeds.
What was Stanley's great grandpa's reason for surviving in the desert for 17 days when Kissin' Kate Barlow left him there after robbing him?
"found refuge on God's thumb"
Mr. Sir was mad at Stanley for stealing his sunflower seeds.
What happened to the schoolhouse Sam fixed for Kate?
The townspeople burned it down.
What color skin was Zero and how did you know?
black because they said something about a white man watching a black man dig for Stanley.