General
Characters
Setting
Plot
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100

What is the second thing Stanley found while digging the hole?

A gold tube. 

100

What is Stanley's father's job?

Inventor

100

Does it take place in the past, present, or future?

Present 

100

What was Stanley's father trying to invent?

A cure for foot odor. 

100

What does each boy do after they have finished digging their hole?

Spit in it!

200

What was inside the tube?

It was a heart and K.B. carved on the inside.

200

Who was Mary Lou?

The Donkey

200

Where do the spotted lizards live?

In the holes or under rocks.

200

What two choices did the Judge give Stanley? 

Camp Green Lake or Jail

200

What is the one rule at Camp Green Lake?

Do not upset the Warden!

300

Who is one person the book is dedicated to?

Sherre, Jessica, Judy Allen, Lori, Kathleen, and Emily

300

Which character steals things, is sneaky, and does not take responsibility for his actions.

Magnet

300

Describe Camp Green Lake. 

No longer a lake. Camp for troubled boys. Lots of holes. 

300

What did Stanley find the first time he dug a hole?

A rock that has the shape of a fish fossilized in it. 

300

What is the name of the pig lullaby?

If only, If only. 

400

Who killed K.B?

No one. A spotted lizard did. 

400

Why was Clyde Livingston?

He was a baseball player

400

During the lightning storm, what unusual thing did Stanley see?

God's Thumb in the distance. 

400

What was the Warden's solution to Zero disappearing from Camp Green Lake?

Make it look like Zero was never at camp. 

400

Who did Stanley fight?


Squid

500

Was Stanley Yelnats the first, second, third, or fourth in his family?

Fourth.

500

Why is Zero's Name significant?

He was homeless and his mother has left him. He was all alone. 

500

Stanley and Zero climb God's Thumb, which turns out to be what?

Sam's Onion Field 

500

What is the main conflict in the story?

Stanley was sent to prison for something he did not do, and it was resolved when he helped shut down Camp Green Lake. 

500

Why do you think Stanley lied about the camp in his letter to his Mother?

He knew his mother would worry if she knew how bad it was.