Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. Where is Stanley at the beginning of the novel?

2. What is the most dangerous creature at Camp Green Lake?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What does Stanley imagine Camp Green Lake will be like?

2. Why is Stanley arrested and taken to Camp Green Lake?

3. What does Stanley’s family blame their misfortune on?

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. What is the name of the first leader Stanley meets at the camp?

2. Who is the counselor at the camp?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What must Stanley do every day before his work is finished?

2. What does Stanley say he did to be sent to Camp Green Lake?

3. How did Stanley acquire the shoes from Clyde Livingston?

Chapters 7-12

Reading Check

1. Who is Elya Yelnats in love with?

2. What is Stanley’s nickname at the camp?

3. What does Stanley find on his second day of digging?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.