Characters
Which character from Tent D is the fastest digger?
Zero
What did Stanley notice was all around the warden’s cabin?
holes
What is in the warden’s nail polish?
rattlesnake poison
Describe Sam's character from 110 years ago.
He was a 20-year-old onion farmer with a 50-year-old donkey named Mary Lou. Sam makes "medicine" from his onions. He is strong and good at fixing things.
What is Stanley teaching Zero to do?
read and write
Why is Jose’s nickname magnet?
because he steals things
What did the town of Green Lake look like 110 years ago?
Green Lake was the biggest lake in Texas, and there were a lot of peach trees.
Who stole Mr. Sir’s sunflower seeds?
Magnet
What do the initials KB stand for?
Kate Barlow
What subject is Zero good at?
Math
What did Stanley find while digging his hole?
a gold tube with the initials "KB"
How did Green Lake change after the schoolhouse burnt down?
The lake began to dry up, and the town was abandoned. It didn't rain
What did Mr. Sir use to bandage Stanley’s head after getting hit in the head by Zigzag’s shovel?
Describe Miss Katherine from 110 years ago.
Miss Katherine is Green Lake's only school teacher. She teaches kids in a one-room schoolhouse and adults in the evening. She is pretty and well-liked. Known for her famous spied peaches.
What is the deal that Zero and Stanley made?
Zero will dig Stanley's hole for one hour each day in return for Stanley teaching him how to read and write for an hour every day
How does the Warden know so much information about the campers?
microphones and cameras
What happened to Stanley's great-grandpa in the desert?
He was robbed by Kissin' Kate Barlow, left stranded for 17 days, and rescued by rattlesnake hunters
What happened to Mr. Sir's face? Why?
The warden scratched Mr. Sir's face with her wet rattlesnake poison nails because she was annoyed that he bothered her after someone stole his sunflower seeds.
What did the townspeople of Green Lake do after they found out Miss Katherine and Sam were kissing?
The schoolhouse was burnt down. The sheriff was drunk and wouldn't help. Sam and Katherine tried to escape in Sam's boat. Trout Walker caught up to them in his motorized boat and shot and killed Sam. Sam's donkey, Mary Lou, was also killed.
What is Zero's real name?
Hector Zeroni
Who is Zero related to from the past?
Madame Zeroni
When asked how he had lived so long after being robbed and abandoned in the desert by Kissin' Kate, where did Stanley's great-grandfather say he found "refuge?" (ch. 21)
on God's thumb
What happened when a boy asked Mr. Sir what happened to his face during breakfast?
He choked the boy and asked, "How does my face look to you now?"
When did Miss Katherine become Kissin' Kate Barlow? What did she do?
Who is Charles "Trout" Walker?
Lived 110 years ago, son of the richest man in the country, family owns the peach trees in Green Lake, has a terrible, smelly foot fungus, likes Miss Katherine, disrespectful, loud, stupid