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100

Why is X-Ray's nickname funny or ironic?

He actually has very poor eyesight.

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Why did Elya Yelnats make his original promise to Madam Zeroni?
He loved the girl (Myra) and wanted to marry her. He needed a pig to offer her father in exchange for her hand in marriage.
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Why is Stanley sentenced to Camp Green Lake?
A judge and evidence indicates he stole Clyde Livingston's Brand X sneakers.
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Whom did Stanley and his family blame for the "curse" on the Yelnats family?
His no good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great grandfather
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What is the MOST important rule at Camp Green Lake?

Don't upset the warden!

200

How does the new camper, Twitch, get his nickname? What crime does Twitch commit that gets him sentenced to Camp Green Lake?

He is fidgety and can't best still. He was arrested for stealing a car.

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Besides the fact that it was against the law for Kate and Sam to be together, why was Trout Walker especially mad that Katherine Barlow loved Sam?

Katherine Barlow had rejected Trout and wasn't interested in him or his family's money. He wasn't used to not getting his way.

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Why does the Warden have the campers dig holes each day?

She is trying to find Kate Barlow's buried loot.

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Why did Zero steal Clyde Livingston's sneakers from the homeless shelter? Why did he get rid of them?
He needed shoes. He panicked when everyone noticed they were gone.
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Where did Stanley's father probably get the idea to name his invention Sploosh?

Driving back from camp, Zero and Stanley smelled a sample of it. They thought it smelled like peaches. The jars of Sploosh in the boat were filled with 100-year-old peach preserves.

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Why did Madam Zeroni ask Elya Yelnats to carry her up the mountain instead of trying to climb on her own.

She was fairly old and had only one foot.

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What does Madame Zeroni tell Elya Yelnats to do to win Myra Menke over?

She tells him to grow the runt pig by bringing him up the mountain and offering the grown pig with her father.

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What deal do Zero and Stanley make at camp?
Stanley will teach Zero letters and reading for one hour each day. Zero digs Stanley's hole for one hour each day.
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What is Zero's real name?
Hector Zeroni
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What did the Warden and the counselors decide to do with Zero's files after he had been missing from camp for a couple of days?
They decided to erase or destroy the files, as if Zero had never existed.
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Whom do we learn that the Warden is related to?
Charlies (Trout) Walker and his wife
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What was Kate Barlow's role in the town of Green Lake? What was Sam's?

Kate Barlow was the town's local school teacher. Sam sold onions in the town.

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Why do the yellow spotted lizards not attack Stanley and Zero when they are in the hole?
They had been eating wild onions growing on the mountain. The lizards don't like "onion blood."
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Why did Zero not realize that the Brand X shoes at the shelter belonged to Sweet Feet and were being auctioned?
He couldn't read at that time.
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Mr. Sir says several times in the book, "You're not in the Girl Scouts anymore." Why is this ironic or funny by the end of the story?

The Warden had to sell the land, and Camp Green Lake was going to become a Girl Scout camp in a few years

500
Why does the Warden scratch Mr. Sir's face with the poisoned nail polish when he brings Stanley to her cabin?
(Any of these will work) She was mad that he interrupted Stanley's digging for something unimportant like his sunflower seeds. She wants to show she is in control. She is showing them both that they shouldn't bother her or get in her way.
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What does Katherine Barlow do FIRST after the townspeople of Green Lake burn the schoolhouse and murder Sam and Mary Lou? This marks the start of her life as an outlaw.

She goes back to the sheriff's office and shoots him dead. She then puts on lipstick and kisses him (which he'd asked her to do before Sam was killed).

500
What is ironic about the name Camp Green Lake at the present time?
It is not green because there are only two trees on the property, otherwise nothing growing. The lake has dried up because it hasn't rained in over 100 years.
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1. What did Stanley and Zero find in the hole? 2. How did it get there? 3. Why was it still in the ground after over 100 years?

1. They found a briefcase with "Stanley Yelnats" stamped on it. 2. Kate Barlow had stolen it from Stanley's grandfather and buried it in the desert. 3. No one in Trout Walker's family had found it until that moment.

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How was it learned that Stanley was innocent of stealing Clyde Livingston's sneakers?

The school bully (Derrick Dunne) admitted he had thrown Stanley's notebook into a toilet at about the same time the shoe theft occurred. Witnesses had seen Stanley exiting the bathroom at school.