Homework: Read Ch 41-43 (Stop at Ch 44) and answer the following questions:

Chapter Forty-One & Forty-Two
1. Why was Stanley so surprised that he hadn’t gotten sick despite the drinking the sploosh and dirty water or
from living on onions?
2. Why did Zero avoid the homeless shelters?
3. Why did Zero steal when he was young?
4. What did Zero do with Clyde Livingston’s shoes when everyone started making a fuss about them being
stolen?
5. Why did Zero fill the bottom of the hole with rocks?
6. Explain the bitter smell that Stanley had first detected upon reaching the top of the hill.
7. Explain how the sneakers had managed to fall on Stanley’s head at the beginning of the story (Chapter Six).
8. What was Stanley alluding to when he asked Zero if he wanted to dig one more hole?

Chapter Forty-Three
1. Explain the significance of Zero mentioning that his mother had sung a lullaby similar to the one Stanley’s
mother had sung to him.
2. Outline what the two boys had planned.