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Sells onions and has a donkey named Mary Lou

Sam the onion man

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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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How long is Stanley's sentence at Camp Green Lake?

18 months

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Gypsy with only one foot, puts a curse on the Yelnats family

Madame Zeroni

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Who changed the words to the pig lullaby?

Sarah Yelnats (Elya Yelnat's wife)

200
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.
300

Has feet that smell like fish, tries to steal Kate Barlowe's loot

Charles "Trout' Walker

300
How did Katherine Barlow keep Sam around the schoolhouse longer than he needed to be?
She kept finding jobs and repairs for him at the school.
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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.
400

Steals Stanley's notebook

Derrick Dunne

400
Why does Elya Yelnats make the quick decision to come to America?
He was hurt that the girl (Myra) didn't love him and didn't care if she married him or the old farmer, especially after all he had done to raise the pig.
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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

The owner of the sneakers, spokesman for Sploosh

Clyde Livingston

500

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.
500

1. What did Stanley and Zero find in the hole and who did it belong to?

1. They found a briefcase with "Stanley Yelnats" stamped on it. It belonged to Stanley's great grandfather?

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How was the curse broken?

Stanley carried Hector up the mountain