Chapters 39-42
1.
Explain what Zero confesses to Stanley.
2.
Why did Hattie Parker blush when Mrs. Tennyson
mentioned that her daughter had almost died from eating some bad meat?
3.
Why does Stanley want to dig one more hole?
4.
Why did Zero fill the bottom of their hole with
rocks?
5.
Explain how the shoes had managed to fall on
Stanley’s head at the beginning of the story.
1. Why
do you think Zero chooses this moment to confess about the stolen shoes?
2. Zero
says, “If I had just kept those old smelly sneakers, then neither of us would
be here right now.” Do you think he’s right? Is there anything positive about
their situation?