Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. Camp Green Lake (Chapter 1)

2. Yellow-spotted lizards (Chapter 1)

Short Answer

1. Stanley believes it will be like summer camp, a place he has never been. (Chapter 2)

2. Stanley was in the wrong place at the wrong time. (Chapter 3)

3. The Yelnats blame their misfortunes on Stanley’s great-great-grandfather, whom they say was a no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealer. (Chapter 3)

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. Mr. Sir (Chapter 4)

2. Mr. Pendanski/Mom (Chapter 5)

Short Answer

1. He must dig a hole five feet wide and five feet deep. (Chapter 4)

2. Stanley says he stole shoes from Clyde “Sweet Feet” Livingston, a famous baseball player. (Chapter 6)

3. Stanley was walking home when the shoes fell from the sky. Stanley picked them up to take them home. (Chapter 6)

Chapters 7-12

Reading Check

1. Myra (Chapter 7)

2. Caveman (Chapter 9)

3. A fish fossil (Chapter 10)

Short Answer

1. Madame Zeroni tells Elya he must carry a pig to the top of the mountain every day and let the pig drink from the stream, all while singing a song.