Where is Stanly Yelnat going at the start of the book?
Camp Green Lake Juvenile Correctional Facility.
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Why does Mr. Pendanski say the kids are digging?
Mr. Pendanski says the kids are digging Holes to build character
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What does Stanley find while he is digging?
What is Stanley finds a gold bullet with the letters KB in a heart or he finds a rock with the fossil of a fish on it.
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Who is the baseball player whose shoes were stolen?
Clyde Livingston
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"I used to smoke a pack a day. Now I eat a sack of these every week."
Mr. Sir
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Why did Stanley get in trouble?
Someone thought he stole Clyde Livingston's old sneakers.
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What curse did Madame Zeroni place on Elya? (Stanley's great-great grandfather)
What is Madame Zeroni said that if Elya did not carry her to the top of the mountain so she could drink water from a stream, Elya's future relatives would always be in trouble.
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Why did Stanley get sent to Camp Green Lake?
Stealing sneakers
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Who is the onion man? What is the name of his donkey?
The Onion Man is Sam and his donkey's name is Mary Lou.
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"I've been here for almost a year. I've never found anything. You know, my eyesight's not so good."
X-Ray
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What does Mr. Pendanski consider the one rule at Camp Green Lake?
"don't upset the warden"
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How do we know that Stanly isn't used to working hard?
What is Stanley is fat or Stanley has trouble lifting his shovel or Stanley can't dig holes as fast as anyone else or Stanley's hands bleed easily.
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When Stanley gives X-Ray his golden bullet, what does Stanley say that X-Ray should do with it?
Stanley says that X-Ray should wait until the next morning to show it to the warden. That way he will get a whole day off instead of just a few hours.
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Who is Mr. Pendanski?
He is the counselor for group D.
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"I didn't know they were his. I just thought they were somebody's old shoes. It was better to take someone's old shoes, I thought, than steal a pair of new ones."
Zero
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Why does Stanley lie to his mother in the letter he wrote?
He did not want his mom to worry.
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How did Zero and Stanley survive in the desert?
Zero and Stanley survived by eating onions they found buried in the ground and drinking water out of the onion holes they dug.
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Why does Stanley decide to let X-Ray have anything that he might find?
What is he thinks it is important to make friends with X-Ray so he can stand closer to the front of the line. Stanley wants the respect of the other campers that comes with standing at the front of the line.
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Who are the boys in Group D?
Caveman, Squid, X-Ray, Armpit, Magnet, Zero
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"This is my special nail polish. Do you see the dark rich color? You can't buy that in a store. I have to make it myself."
The Warden
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Why does Mr. Sir say that kids don't run away from Camp Green Lake?
What is there is no water outside of camp for one hundred miles.
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How was the Yelnat's family curse finally lifted?
The curse was lifted when Stanley carried the great-great-great grandson of Madame Zeroni (Zero) to the top of the mountain.
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“….for the first time in over hundred years, a drop of rain fell into the empty lake.” Why is this important?
The last time Camp Green Lake had rain was when Kate Barlow and Sam the Onion Man kissed. After Zero and Stanley broke the curse, everything is back to normal in Camp Green Lake.
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Who is Kate Barlow?
Kate Barlow is the schoolteacher turned outlaw who robbed Stanley's great-grandfather.
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" I sure hope you like to dig. 'Cause you're gonna be digging for a long time. It's a big vast wasteland out there. You, and your children, and their children, can dig for the next hundred years and you'll never find it."