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About This Passage
This is the reader's first real look at the Warden, who has been a frightening name to Stanley for many chapters. Copying it lets a young reader feel how the narrator paints a person head to toe — the hat, the boots, the freckles — and how standing in a hole makes a tall person look even taller.
A tall woman with red hair stepped out of the passenger side. She looked even taller than she was, since Stanley was down in his hole. She wore a black cowboy hat and black cowboy boots which were stu...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Retell Chapter 14 in your own words. Start with Stanley asking X-Ray about the tube in the morning, X-Ray pretending not to know, the water truck coming, X-Ray 'finding' the tube, Mr. Pendanski going to get the Warden, the Warden arriving in her black hat and boots, the Warden making Mr. Pendanski fill everyone's canteens, and X-Ray being driven back to camp for a shower and clean clothes.
Discussion Questions
- What in the story tells you that X-Ray is pretending when he says he does not know what Stanley is talking about at breakfast?
- What in the story tells you that Stanley is surprised by what the Warden looks like?
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Vocabulary Builder
Item 1
The person in charge of a prison or camp where people are kept.
Item 2
A small container used to carry drinking water.
Item 3
Strong shoes that cover the foot and part of the leg.
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