Comprehension 1
What is interesting about Stanley's name?
It's a palindrome; it's spelled the same way forward and backwards
What were the initials on the metal tube that Stanley found?
K.B.
What is Stanley's father's job?
He is an inventor.
I wear a cowboy hat and have the tattoo of a rattlesnake on my arm. I always have a sack sunflower seeds nearby. I have three fresh welts running down my face. I think I'm kinda handsome!
Mr. Sir
"Rattlesnake venom. It's perfectly harmless . . . when it's dry. It's only toxic while it's wet."
The Warden
What is the Yelnats family's joke for whenever something goes wrong?
They always blamed Stanley's no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.
How deep and wide to the holes the boys dig have to be?
5 feet by 5 feet.
or
As deep and wide as the shovel is long.
Which boy from D Tent has a nickname that derives from pig Latin?
X Ray
or
Rex
I arrived at D Tent just before Stanley. I am quiet and always stand at the back of the queue when we line up to get our canteens filled. I don't know how to read, but I want to learn.
Zero
"How does my face look to you now? I'm kind of handsome, don't you think?"
Mr. Sir
What is ironic about the name Camp Green Lake?
There is no lake at Camp Green Lake and it isn't green.
What happened to Stanley's great-grandfather while he was moving from New York to California?
He was robbed by the outlaw Kissin' Kate Barlow
What was extraordinary about Sam's donkey Mary Lou?
Mary Lou was almost 50 years old.
or
Mary Lou had never been sick a day in her life.
I am tall, red-haired, and have freckles all over my face, arms and legs. I like to wear a black cowboy hat, shorts and black cowboy boots. My nail polish is a deep red that needs a special ingredient that you can't buy at the store.
The Warden
"It just so happens, my sow gave birth to a litter of piglets yesterday. There is one little runt whom she won't suckle. You may have him. He would die anyway."
Madam Zeroni
What is the worst thing that can happen to someone at Camp Green Lake?
You don't want to be bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard. That's the worst thing that can happen to you.
You will die a slow and painful death.
What does Charles "Trout" Walker have in common with Clyde "Sweet Feet" Livingston
incurable foot fungus
What deal does Stanley make with Zero?
Zero agrees to dig part of his hole if Stanley will teach him to read.
I am a school teacher and am famous for my fabulous spiced peaches. People think I am full of knowledge and full of life. The kids love me.
Miss Katherine Barlow
"They all have nicknames, however, I prefer to use the names their parents gave them— the names that society will recognize them by when they return to become useful and hardworking members of society."
Mr. Pendanski
How did the Yelnats curse begin?
In return for her pig, Elya promised to carry Madam Zeroni up the mountain so she could drink from the stream. After Myra broke his heart, Elya forgot about his promise to Madam Zeroni and left for America. After that, bad luck always seemed to follow him.
How did Stanley's great-grandfather survive being stranded in the desert for seventeen days.
He said he found refuge at "God's Thumb".
How did Kissin' Kate get her nickname?
The sheriff of Green Lake said he would spare Sam's life if Miss Katherine Barlow gave him a kiss. After she refused and Sam was killed, Katherine shot the sheriff. Then, she put on some red lipstick and gave the sheriff the kiss he had asked for.
After that she was known as Kissin' Kate Barlow.
I am the son of the richest man in the county. People say my feet smell like a couple of dead fish, but they can't be right - I take a bath every week! Some people say I am loud and stupid, but most of the men in this town aren't educated either. No one ever says "no" to me.
Charles "Trout" Walker
"She eats nothing but raw onions, it's nature's magic vegetable. If a person ate nothing but raw onions, he could live to be two hundred years old."
Sam