Competition Classwork

1.      Answer the following questions on what we have read so far:

1.  In chapter 39, what does Zero confess to doing?
2.  Why did people snicker when Hattie Parker told Gladys Tennyson that she was looking lovely this morning?
3. Why did Hattie’s face go red when Gladys Tennyson said that her daughter was sick because she had eaten some bad meat?
4. Define: contritely 
5.  In chapter 41, Zero describes how he used to steal the things that he needed. Do you think it was wrong of him to steal? Explain your opinion.
6. Why do you think that Stanley asks Zero if he wants to dig one more hole at the end of chapter 42?

When completed, continue reading in your small groups.