◼︎ Chapter 36


  1. What does Stanley wished he’d done before leaving Camp Green Lake? (p. 160)

  2. What is the Big Thumb?

  3. Zero uses his shovel as a “third leg.” (p. 161)

    • What does that mean? Explain.

  4. How did spelling words keep Zero going? (p. 162)

  5. What are bacteria? (p. 163)

    • Hint: Look up “bacteria” is you need to.

  6. The boys imagine an Italian restaurant ahead. (pp. 163-164)

    • What do Stanley and Zero want to eat?

  7. At the far end of the lake, the boys cannot see God’s Thumb. (p. 164)

    • Why not?

  8. What is a ledge?

    • Hint: look up “ledge” if you need to.

  9. How did Zero get cut? (p. 166)

  10. Why did Stanley and Zero decide to keep the broken pieces of glass? ( p. 166)


ABCD (10 points)

  • The photographs below are of the “Finger of God” in Namibia, southern Africa.



  • How do you think the “Finger of God” was created?

  • Hint: It feel over in 1988.