Vocabulary
Vacancy
What is an available open bed like at a camp, hospital, hotel,...?
The main character.
Who is Stanley Yelnats?
Name of camp.
What is Camp Green Lake?
No water in Lake.
What is God's punishing the town for killing Sam?
Climax
What is Stanley shows his bravery and friendship by going after Zero?
Destiny
What is something in your life that is meant to happen.
The boys call him 'mom'.
Who is Mr. Pendanski?
Dangerous animals at the lake.
What are rattlesnakes and yellow spotted lizards?
The Warden's great grandparents.
Who are Linda and Trout Walker?
Conflicts (3)
What are Man vs. Himself, Man vs. Man, and Man vs. Nature?
Convicted
What is accussed of a crime and given a punishment by the court?
A ward of the state.
Who is Zero?
The reason the boys think they are digging holes, and the real reason they are digging holes.
What are 'to build character' and to 'find Kissin' Kates Barlow's loot'.
____________stole money from _________ and left him to die after kissing him.
Who are Kissin' Kate Barlow and Stanley's great grandfather, Stanley I?
Setting
Where is a boy's detention center in a dried up lake in Texas in contemorary time?
Where is a beautiful lake with peach trees, the Town of Green Lake over 100 years ago?
Fugitive
What is a person who is always on the run from the law?
Takes revenge on Stanley by not giving him water.
Who is Mr. Sir?
Location where Stanley found Zero.
Where is under Sam's boat in the dried up lake?
Who is Sam?
Themes
What are:
The importance of friendship for survival and 'wealth'
Cruelty is something that one person can cause in another and a cycle of cruelty can pass throug many decades
The importance of history and its impact on everyday life
Be true to oneself even if it means not fitting in with the group
As long as there is racism, there will be no love, only hate and poverty
Compassion for victims of social injustice
Incarcerated
What is to be put into a prison or detention center as punishment for a crime that a person committed?
The boy at the front of the water line.
Who is X-Ray?
Zero was made sick by (this person's item), and cured by (this person's item).
What are Kate Barlow's spiced peaches and Sam's onions?
Three things that needed to happen to break the curse.
What are:
To carry Madam Zeroni's descendent up the hill and go to the place where water runs uphill. Then, sing a lullaby.
Protagonist and Antagonist.
Who are Stanley and the Warden