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Describe Trout Walker. Who is he? What is he known for? 

He lived 110 years ago in Green Lake. He had a stinky, loud boat. He had horrible foot fungus. He liked Kate Barlow. He was loud and obnoxious. He was the Warden's grandfather. 

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vile

What word means disgusting, extremely unpleasant?

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How did Kate Barlow die?
She was bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard!
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Why did Stanley take the blame for stealing the sunflower seeds?

Stanley wanted the boys to continue to think he was a good guy, and he wanted to feel like he belonged. He also didn't want to get Magnet in trouble.

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What is the Warden's real motive with Camp Green Lake? 

She's looking for Kate Barlow's stolen loot. 

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What is unique about the Warden’s finger nail polish?

It is made with rattlesnake venom!

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vast

What word means an immense; large open space?

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What happened to the town of Green Lake after Sam was killed?

It dried up because it stopped raining.

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What evidence from the text led us to guess that Zero was good at math?
He figured out how many letters were in the alphabet and how many days it would take to learn them. He did this quickly.
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What was causing the other boys to be angry with Stanley?

Zero was digging Stanley's holes.

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Who was Kate Barlow's first victim? 

The sheriff of Green Lake. 

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altitude

What word means the vertical elevation of an object?

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Who led the townspeople in destroying the school house and why?
Trout Walker, because he was jealous of Sam and Kate
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Why is Stanley not angry with Zero for stealing the shoes? 

Stanley has become physically and mentally stronger at Camp Green Lake, and is Zero is his first true friend. 
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Who did Zero almost strangle to death? 

ZigZag

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How did Stanley's great grandfather survive the desert? 

He found refuge on God's Thumb. 

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increments

What words means the small increases of something?

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Why could Sam the Onion Man not attend school?
Sam was a black man and 110 years ago schools were segregated, meaning that blacks and whites weren’t allowed in the same schools, churches, theaters, etc.
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What are 2 clues in the text that support the claim the mystery woman sitting behind Zero at the end of the novel is his mother? 

We know Zero hired a private investigator.

We know that she's singing the lullaby.

She looks like she's had a difficult life, "eyes seemed weary" "skin had a weathered look to it" 

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Why don't the lizards bite Stanley and Zero? 

They have onion juice in their bloodstreams. 

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What does Stanley's father do while Stanley is at Camp Green Lake? 

He discovers a cure for foot odor. 

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contritely

What word means feel or act with regret for being wrong?

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What happened to Camp Green Lake after it gets closed down? Why is this ironic? 

It becomes a Girl Scout's Camp. It's ironic because Mr. Sir kept saying "this isn't the girl's scouts"
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Explain the 2 ways Stanley and his family became very wealthy. 

There were jewels, stock letters and bank notes worth almost 2 million dollars in the chest.

Stanley's father invented a foot odor cure that is sponsored by Clyde Livingston. 

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How did the lawyer know Stanley did not steal the shoes (before she met Zero)? 

Derrick Dunn was flushing his notebook in the toilet and bullying him at the time the shoes were stolen.