Comprehension Questions 1
What happened to Camp Green Lake? (Chapter 50)
It became a Girl Scouts Camp.
What stops the Warden from moving toward the boys (Chapter 45)
There are lizards with them in the hole.
(especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe
subtle
“I didn’t go to the homeless shelter very often” (Chapter 41)
Zero
The one who finds out Stanley and Zero in the hole
Warden
Why don’t the lizards bite Stanley and Zero? (Chapter 49)
Because lizards don't like onion blood. Zero and Stanley ate a lot of onions in Big Thumb.
What happens as Stanley begins digging? (Chapter 44)
He felt his weight sink in the dirt / The hole is getting deeper.
A government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.
patent
“You want to dig one more hole?” (Chapter 42)
Stanley
The one who wants to go back to the camp and dig another hole
Stanley
What does the Warden try to make Stanley do? (Chapter 48)
To open the suitcase.
What was the boys’ plan for returning to camp?(Chapter 43)
They will wait in till night to dig the right hole. Then they would hide by it until everyone was asleep they would dig for as long as it seemed safe.
cry out suddenly, especially in surprise, anger, or pain
exclaimed
“It was your onion tonic”....“That’s what saved her.” (Chapter 40)
Mrs. Tennyson
The inventor of Sploosh
Mr. Yelnats/ Stanley's father
Who arrives at the camp? (Chapter 47)
Lawyer/Attorney General.
How has Stanley adjusted to a diet of onions?(Chapter 42)
"Stanley bit into an onion. It didn’t burn his eyes or nose, and, in fact, he no longer noticed a particularly strong taste."
covered with blotches; patchy.
blotchy
“I don’t take charity”.....“But if you want to buy a few extra onions for Mary Lou, I’m sure she’d appreciate it.” (Chapter 40)
Sam
The patent attorney
Ms. Morengo
What do the boys learn as they listen to the Warden and counselors talk? (Chapter 46)
That Stanley tried to run away in the night, fell in a hole, and the lizards got him.
What was Zero’s life like as he was growing up? (Chapter 41)
Zero is living in the streets: "“I didn’t go to the homeless shelter very often,” “Just if the weather was really bad. I’d have to find someone to pretend to be my mom. If I’d just gone by myself, they would have asked me a bunch of questions. If they’d found out I didn’t have a mom, they would have made me a ward of the state.”
used to say that someone's voice becomes softer and softer and then stops
trailed off
“Thank you,”....."“You boys have been a big help.” (Chapter 44)
Warden
The one who closed Camp Green Lake and turned into Girls Scout
Attorney General