Vocabulary
Characters
Conflict
Characters
Vocabulary
100
The truck _____________ when Stanley hit the gas pedal.
What is accelerated?
100
One of the most feared outlaws in the West, killed by a yellow-spotted lizard.
Who is Kissin' Kate Barlow?
100
Zero cuts his hand on the blade of the shovel.
What is Person vs. Machine?
100
Baseball star who donates a pair of sneakers to a charity auction.
Who is Clyde Livingston?
100
Stanley __________ at the thought of having to dig a hole everyday.
What is grimaced?
200
Stanley ______________ a gold tube while digging his second hole.
What is unearthed?
200
A smart inventor whose experiments almost always fail.
Who is Stanley's father?
200
Stanley and Zero struggle to survive in the desert.
What is Person vs. Nature?
200
Seemingly sympathetic camp counselor whose nickname is Mom.
Who is Mr. Pendanski?
200
Stanley's great grandfather was ___________ after surviving on God's thumb.
What is delirious?
300
Kissin' Kate Barlow would have been ___________ had she been caught and put on trial for murder.
What is condemned?
300
Gypsy woman who puts a curse on the Yelnats family.
Who is Madame Zeroni?
300
The Warden scratched Mr. Sir in the face with her venomous fingernails.
What is Person vs. Person?
300
Arrogant, rich young man who rams Sam's rowboat with his own power boat.
Who is Trout Walker?
300
Stanley opened the window of the hot, stuffy bus to provide ______________.
What is ventilation?
400
Stanley had a look of ____________ on his face when he realized how good Zero was at math.
What is astonishment?
400
Schoolteacher in the lovely town of Green Lake who falls in love with Sam.
Who is Miss Katherine?
400
Stanley struggles with whether or not he should give the gold tube to X-Ray.
What is Person vs. Self?
400
Wears sunglasses, even indoors, and is always spitting out sunflower seeds.
Who is Mr. Sir?
400
Stanley knew that it would take a lot of ____________ to achieve his goal of becoming an FBI agent.
What is perseverance?
500
Stanley hoped that Zero would find ____________ on God's thumb.
What is refuge?
500
Rich man who loses his fortune to a stagecoach robbing outlaw who leaves him stranded in the desert.
Who is Stanley's great grandfather?
500
Stanley was convicted of a crime he didn't commit.
What is Person vs. Society?
500
Family member who starts the curse and leaves Latvia to come to America.
Who is Elya Yelnats?
500
Zero ___________ and then fell to the ground because of the extreme stomach pain.
What is writhed?
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