Nov
07
2007
Why would the onion juice help keep lizards away?
Why did they roll down the windows in the car?
How did the lady know that Stanley was innocent?
What kind of lawyer is she?
What began to happen for the first time in a hundred years?
Why did it begin to rain for the first time in a hundred years? Give your ideas.
Nov
07
2007
Do the boys eat breakfast?
Do the lawyer and Attorney General believe the Warden’s story about the suitcase?
Why can’t they find Zero’s files?
Why did Squid (Alan) say for Stanley to call his mother and apologize?
Nov
07
2007
How many spots were on each lizard?
When Zero said “Satan” and “Sa-tan-lee” what was he figuring out?
What does A.G. stand for?
Nov
07
2007
Why did Stanley and Zero have to be very still?
Why did Mr. Sir begin to smoke again?
Why did the Warden say that they would bury Zero’s body in a hole?
Why did they think they would have bodies?
What do you think “the woman” and A.G. mean?
What does Stanley imagine?
What does the Warden tell Mr. Sir to say is the punishment for boys who didn’t do as they were told?
Why does Stanley need to lean on the wall of the hole?
Nov
07
2007
Why is the hole full of lizards?
When the adults talk about a body, whose body is it?
Who made the Warden dig holes?
Nov
07
2007
What sounds did Stanley hear at night from the camp?
What did Zero bring back for breakfast?
How does it taste, and why?
Why does Zero always go for water? Why doesn’t he let Stanley go?
How big did the metal box appear to be?
How do you think the Warden knew what they were doing?
Oct
31
2007
The lake bed, with the cliffs all around is described as what?
What color does Zero remember his room as being?
When Zero’s mother left him, what was he supposed to do?
What was Zero’s stuffed giraffe’s name?
What sad memory does Zero have about living in the park?
What do the boys do before they go into the hole?
Pretend that you are X-Ray, Zigzag, Magnet, Squid or Twitch; what do you think happened to Stanley and Zero?
Oct
31
2007
Why doesn’t Stanley smell anything any more?
Stanley and Zero are connected by the crime of stealing Livingston’s shoes. Who did the crime, and who got punished for it?
Stanley thought of living as a fugitive. What did he think about his parents?
Oct
31
2007
How did Zero begin to steal?
What do we know about Zero’s mother?
What did Zero do with the shoes?
Why did he take them off?
Where did Zero put the shoes?
How did Zero get arrested?
Oct
24
2007
Years ago, what did people use leeches for?
Years ago, Sam the onion man sold people what?
How could onions help Stanley and Zero?
How could Stanley carry Zero so far?