Name: Date: Holes-Chapter 1-6 1. stifling: 2. perseverance: 3. barren: 4. desolate: 5. sanitary: 6. despicable: _ Answer the following questions using complete sentences. 7. Why was Stanley arrested? How long was his sentence? 8. What does Stanley s father do? What is his latest project? 9. What must the boys at Camp Green Lake do each day? 10. Why aren t their guard towers or a fence around Camp Green Lake? 11. Who do Stanley and his father blame for their bad luck? Why? _
12. Which set of facts about Stanley s great-grandfather seem more important to you? His good luck or bad luck? 13. Reread the song Stanley s father sang to him. What emotions are expressed in the song? _ Holes Characters 1. An author will usually begin a novel by introducing readers to the various characters, and in particular, to the novel s protagonist. The protagonist is a novel s main character. Who is the protagonist of Holes? 2. List five character traits that describe the protagonist of Holes. 3. One of the ways we learn about a character is by comparing or contrasting them with another character. Both Mr. Sir and Mr. Pendanski are counselors at Camp Green Lake. How are they different? 4. Match the nickname of the boy in Tent D with his real name. a. X-Ray Lewis b. Squid Theodore c. Barf Bag Jose
d. Zero Rex e. Armpit Ricky f. Zigzag Alan g. Magnet Unknown
Name: Date: Holes-Chapter 7-9 1. defective: 2. perimeter: _ 3. grimaced: 4. preposterous: 5. upholstery: 6. radiated: 7. intensity: Answer the following questions using complete sentences. 8. What are the boys supposed to do if they find anything interesting while digging? What is their potential reward? 9. Who is Elya Yelnats? 10. What advice does Madame Zeroni give Elya? What does she instruct him to do with the piglet? 11. What does Madame Zeronii say will happen if Elya doesn t keep his promise? 12. Why does Elya fail to keep his promise to Madame Zeroni? Why does he look for her son once he arrives in America?
13. Elya sings the Pig Lullaby to his new wife. How was it different than the first time we heard it? Why do you think it is different? 14. What nickname do the boys give Stanley? Why do you think they gave him this name? Name: Date:
Holes-Chapter 10-15 1. arced: _ 2. fossilized: _ 3. metallic: 4. engraved: 5. excavated: _ 6. paranoid: Answer the following questions using complete sentences. 7. What does Stanly find while digging in Chapter 10? _ 8. What does Stanly dig up in Chapter 13? What do you think the letters mean? _ 9. Why does Stanley agree to give anything he finds to X-Ray? Do you think this was wise? 10. At the end of Chapter 13, X-Ray tells Stanley to move up one place in line. What might this mean? 11. Describe the Warden s physical appearance and behaviors.
12. What does the Warden order the boys to do? 13. What do you think the Warden is looking for? How did Stanley know they wouldn t find it?
Name: Date: Holes-Chapter 16-22 1. intently: 2. callused: 3. recede: 4. shrill: 5. writhed: 6. defiance: Answer the following questions using complete sentences. 7. List three things we learn about Zero in this section of the novel. 8. What was the special ingredient in the Warden s nail polish? _ 9. When the Warden tells Stanley that Mr. Sir won t die, why do you think she adds the phrase unfortunately for you? What does she mean? 10. How long had Stanley s great grandfather survived in the desert before being found by rattlesnake hunters? What did he say he found refuge? 11. What arrangement did Stanly make with Zero?
12. Stanley returns from the Warden s cabin to find his hole almost finished. What clue at the end of Chapter 21 tell us who might have dug his hole? 13. At the end of Chapter 22, Stanley recognizes the object he dug up. What is it?
Name: Date: Holes-Chapter 23-28 Answer the following questions using complete sentences. 1. Which chapters in the section consist entirely of flashback? 2. Why was Charles Walker given the nickname Trout? 3. What was Katherine Barlow s role in the town of Green Lake? What was Sam s role? _ 4. Where did Sam get the onions he sold? List five ways that they were said to benefit people. _ 5. Why wasn t Sam allowed in Katherine s class? 6. Why do you think Hattie Parker said God will punish you when she saw Sam kiss Katherine Barlow? _ 7. How did the whole town of Green Lake find out that Sam kissed Miss Katherine?
8. Look at the description of Green Lake that opens Chapter 23. How does the town change 20 years after Sam is killed? 9. How does the Green Lake of 110 years ago compare or contrast with the Green Lake of the present? 10. What was Zero s real name? What is the significance of Zero s name to Stanley s family history?
Name: Date: Holes-Chapter 29-35 1. delirious: 2. depriving: 3. feeble: _ 4. ward: _ 5. mirage: 6. sheepishly: _ Answer the following questions using complete sentences. 7. Why do the other boys start to resent Stanley? How does Stanley justify this to himself? 8. Why does the Warden tell the counselors not to shoot Zero after he hits Mr. Pendanski with a shovel? 9. How does the Warden plan to cover up the incident with Zero? _ 10. Why does Stanley steal the water truck? What happens to it? _ 11. Where does Stanley find Zero? How had he managed to survive?
12. What was the sploosh and where had it come from? _ 13. At the end of Chapter 35, Stanley considers returning to Camp Green Lake. What deal does he want to make with the Warden? _ 14. When Stanley asks Zero what the mountain looks like, how does Zero respond? What does this confirm for Stanley?
Name: Date: Holes-Chapter 36-42 1. situated: 2. protruding: 3. refuge: 4. altitude: 5. precipice: 6. contritely: Answer the following questions using complete sentences. 7. On their journey to Big Thumb, how do Stanley and Zero encourage each other? 8. How does Stanley realize that they d found a source of water? _ 9. What had Elya Yelnats failed to do for Madame Zeroni? How does Stanley fulfill this promise four generations later? 10. What else does Stanley find in the water hole? 11. What does Stanley think when he sees how far he d climbed carrying Zero? 12. What was Zero s confession to Stanley?
13. Why do you think Stanley is happy to be in their current predicament?
Name: Date: Holes-Chapter 43-50 1. inexplicable: _ 2. indistinct: 3. precarious: _ 4. authentic: 5. legitimate: 6. tedious: Answer the following questions using complete sentences. 7. Explain Stanley and Zero s plan for returning to Camp Green Lake. _ 8. What do Stanley and Zero dig up? What happens as they lift it out of the hole? 9. How does Stanley react when he hears that he was found innocent and could go home? 10. What do we learn about the Warden s childhood? What is significant about her name? 11. Why did the suitcase have Stanley s name on it?
12. Why weren t Stanley and Zero bitten by the lizards? 13. What is significant about the day Stanley s father invents his cure for foot fungus? 14. What does Stanley do with his share of the treasure? What does Zero do with his share?
Holes Project Part 1: Use your imagination and make a map of Camp Green Lake and the surrounding area based on events in the story. Use colored pencils or markers and label the following things on the map. The Warden s cabin The Tents The Wreck Room The Wreck of the Mary Lou Sam s Onion Patch God s Thumb The Holes Part 2: We have learned about different types of characters while reading Holes. Static characters stay the same, while dynamic characters change throughout the story. Choose one of the static characters listed below and write a chapter that will make the character more dynamic. Your chapter will need to include some thoughts of the character and dialogue if needed. Your chapter should be one page long. The map will serve as the cover of your chapter. X-Ray Armpit Mr. Pendanski Trout Walker Zigzag Magnet This assignment will be due on October 11 th.