Themes

Question 1

“The campers are forbidden to lie in the hammock. It belongs to the Warden. The Warden owns the shade.”

Answer 1

Power

Question 2

“‘I hate digging holes’ he [Zero] said. Then he slowly backed away.”

Answer 2

Transformation

Question 3

“No-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather”

Answer 3

Family

Question 4

“Things went wrong a lot.”

Answer 4

Fate/destiny

Question 5

“Suddenly a mob of men and women came storming into the school building. They were led by Trout Walker.”

Answer 5

Power

Question 6

“His muscles and hands weren’t the only things that had hardened over the past several weeks. His heart had hardened as well.”

Answer 6

Transformation

Question 7

“It [the letter] was from his mother.”

Answer 7

Family

Question 8

“Staley wasn’t sure what to say. X-ray was clearly the leader of the group, and Stanley didn’t want to get on his bad side.”

Answer 8

Power

Question 8

“Underneath the jewels was a stack of papers that had once belonged to the first Stanley Yelnats.”

Answer 8

Fate/destiny

Question 10

“The shoes fell from the sky.”

Answer 10

Fate/destiny

Question 10

“They always seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

Answer 10

Fate/destiny

Question 11

“He was glad they called him Caveman.”

Answer 11

Family

Question 13

“Stanley moved up one place in line.”

Answer 13

Transformation

Question 14

“He stood up, lifting Zero’s worn-out body off the ground.”

Answer 14

Family

Question 15

“‘You may go to jail or you may go to Camp Green Lake.’” (judge)

Answer 15

Choices

Question 16

“‘Wait - I’m Caveman?’” (Stanley)

Answer 16

Transformation - this is transformation because Stanley’s name has been changed (in a sense)

Question 17

“‘I stole it [the bag of sunflower seeds] from your truck.’” (Stanley)

Answer 17

Choices - this is a choice because Stanley could have blamed it on Magnet

Question 18

“The judge called Stanley’s crime despicable.”

Answer 18

Justice/judgement - this is judgement because Stanley was judged

Question 19

“Stanley was given a choice.”

Answer 19

Choices - this is choice because he was given a choice

Question 20

“‘You are released pursuant to an order from the judge’” (Stanley’s attorney)

Answer 20

Justice/judgement - this is justice because the judge decides that Stanley was innocent

Question 21

“Since then, not one drop of rain has fallen on Green Lake.”

Answer 21

Justice/Judgement - this is justice/judgement because God has supposedly judged the citizens of Green Lake and stopped rain falling

Question 22

“There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. There once was a very large lake here, the largest lake in Texas.”

Answer 22

Transformation - This is transformation because the lake has changed over time.

Question 23

“‘You didn’t steal the sneakers,’ he said.”

Answer 23

Choices - this is a choice by Zero to admit that he stole the sneakers, not Stanley

Question 24

“‘Since you’re so much better than me.’”

Answer 24

Power - this is an example of power because the other boys are pretending to give Stanley power to spite him

Question 25

“Zero had been helping him dig his hole.”

Answer 25

Friendship - Zero is helping Stanley dig his hole out of friendship - and guilt.

Question 26

“‘No one ever says ‘No’ to Charles Walker!’”

Answer 26

Power - this is power because Trout Walker is so used to having power over people he believes no one can say no to him

Question 27

“The fear made him dizzy.”

Answer 27

Power - Stanley is afraid because the Warden has power

Question 28

“He didn’t have any friends at home”

Answer 28

Friendship - this is friendship because Stanley can’t make friends

Question 29

“‘I like to dig holes’”

Answer 29

Choices - this is a choice because Zero chooses to lie

Question 30

“‘You don’t want to mess with the Caveman,’ he warned.”

Answer 30

Transformation - this is transformation because Stanley has transformed in the eyes of the campers