| A | B |
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| What is Stanley's father trying to invent? | recycled sneakers |
| Why does Stanley say, "Duh" when he sees the sign saying the Texas Penal Code does not allow guns, explosives, weapons, drugs, or alcohol at the camp? | He thinks that the restrictions are so obvious that no sign is needed. |
| Why do the boys at the camp call Mr. Pendanski "Mom"? | He took care of them, taught them, and mothered them. |
| What do the nicknames at the camp tell about the boys? | They tell something about the boys' looks or personality. |
| Why don't the boys believe Stanley when he says he stole Clyde Livingston's sneakers? | Clyde Livingston is a famous athlete. |
| Why did the baseball schedule delay Stanley's trial? | Clyde Livingston was playing baseball and was not available to testify at the trial. |
| How does each boy know that his hole is exactly five feed wide and five feet deep? | He measure the depth and width with his five-foot-long shovel. |
| What did Madame Zeroni think of Myra Menke? | Her head is empty; she is silly, foolish, and spoiled. |
| Why did Sarah Yelnats name her child Stanley? | Stanley is Yelnats spelled backwards. |
| What is the only thing that gets Stanley out of bed the morning after he digs his first hole? | He wants to get out on the lake before the sun comes up. |
| Why does Mr. Pendanski laugh when Stanley expects a day off for finding a rock with a fossilized fish? | Mr. Pendanski doesn't think the warden will be interested in it. |
| Why does Stanley agree to give anything he finds to X-ray? | He wants to stay on X-ray's good side because X-ray is the group leader. |
| Which hole seems the hardest to Stanley? | Every hole is the hardest. |
| What is engraved on the gold tube that Stanley finds? | A heart with the letters KB is engraved on it. |
| Why does Stanley move up one place in the water line? | X-ray is pleased with Stanley, so he lets him move up one place in the line. |
| Why didn't X-ray want to talk about the gold tube at breakfast? | He is afraid the warden will hear them talking over her listening device. |
| Why does Stanley's mother say she is proud of him? | He is making the best of a bad situation. |
| When Zero asks about the nursery rhyme, why doesn't Stanley recite it for him? | He would feel silly. |
| Why does the warden jab Armpit with her pitchfork? | He is absent when she arrives. |
