Vocabulary ONE
Vocabulary TWO
Big Thumb
Camp Green Lake
Flashbacks
100
Correctly use delirious in a sentence.
Stanley thought Zero was delirious when he said he stole the shoes.
100
Correctly use paranoid in a sentence.
Everyone at camp was paranoid of yellow-spotted lizards.
100
Where did Zero and Stanley take refuge in the desert?
Big Thumb
100
Where was Zero hiding when Stanley found him?
Under an old boat named "Mary Lou"
100
Where does Zero put the shoes he stole?
On a car
200
Correctly use feeble in a sentence.
Zero became so feeble, he could not walk on his own.
200
Correctly use altitude in a sentence.
As the boys gained altitude on the mountain, it became harder for them to breathe.
200
What two things did Zero and Stanley survive on while at Big Thumb?
Onions and water
200
How did Twitch get his nickname?
Whenever he saw a car to steal, he started twitching.
200
Why didn't Zero know the shoes belonged to Clyde Livingston?
He couldn't read the sign on them.
300
Correctly use writhed in a sentence.
After drinking too much "sploosh", Zero writhed in pain on the ground.
300
Correctly use parched in a sentence.
Even though Zero and Stanley were both parched, they refused to be the first to need to drink water.
300
Why did Zero get sick?
He drank too much "sploosh".
300
Why does the Warden order the counselors not to shoot Zero as he runs away?
She doesn't want an investigation.
300
Where did Zero live right when his mom left?
He lived on a playground.
400
Correctly use presumably in a sentence.
Even though we don't know for sure, Stanley's parents are presumably worried about him.
400
Correctly use belittle in a sentence.
Everyone except Stanley belittled Zero at Camp Green Lake.
400
After carrying Zero up the hill, how did Stanley start to feel?
He felt like everything would be okay.
400
Why does Zero run away?
Mr. Pendanski tells Stanley he's better off teaching a shovel to read.
400
What saved Gladys Tennyson's daughter from food poisoning?
Sam's onion concoction
500
Correctly use abstract in a sentence.
Camp Green Lake is an abstract form of punishment for young boys.
500
Correctly use defiance in a sentence.
Stanley acted in defiance when he stole Mr. Sir's truck.
500
What did Stanley learn about himself when he went looking for the shovel?
He is stronger than he thought he was.
500
What is Stanley's biggest concern regarding Zero after he runs away?
That he is not dead and waiting for Stanley.
500
What was the purpose of the flashback to Tennyson's story?
To show onions have healing powers so that it makes sense that Zero is cured of his stomach illness after eating onions.
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