Chapters 46 - 50 Pages 207 - 233
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
While Mr. Sir watched the lizards in the hole around Zero and Stanley, he ____.
- ate handfuls of sunflower seeds
- started smoking a cigarette
- began to drink
- called the police
The day before Stanley and Zero retuned to camp, ___________.
- the campers rioted and didn't dig holes
- the wreck room burned
- Stanley's parents came to take him home
- a lawyer came and said that Stanley was innocent
The yellow spotted lizard ate ______.
- a gopher
- a rattlesnake
- a tarantula
- a bird
The suitcase had the name ______ on it.
- Trout Walker
- Kate Barlow
- Pendanski
- Stanley Yelnats
Hector was released from Camp Green Lake because ________.
- no one could find his file
- he was found innocent
- he had served his time
Squid asked Stanley to ____________.
- help him escape
- give him part of what was in the suitcase
- call his mom for him
Why were Zero and Stanley NOT bitten by the lizards?
- The lizards weren't hungry.
- The lizards didn't like onion blood.
- The sploosh the boys drank acted like a repellent.
- Lizards don't eat during the heat of the day.
After Stanley and Hector were riding home, __________.
- Ms. Morengo gave them sandwiches and soda
- a drop of rain fell into the empty lake
- the BMW had a flat tire
- Hector told Stanley a joke about Mr. Sir
Camp Green Lake became _________.
- a wildlife refuge
- an amusement park
- a resort
- a Girl Scout camp
At the end of the book we learn __________.
- Sweet Feet still has smelly feet
- Hector's mother has returned
- everyone loves to watch the Super Bowl
- the jewels in the suitcase made Stanley a millionaire
When Stanley carried Zero up the mountain, it broke his family's curse because ___________.
- Stanley was a good citizen
- Stanley was completing his great-great-grandfather's promise
- Stanley saved a person's life
Stanley and Zero's families sang similar lullabies because ___________.
- they read the same nursery rhymes
- they listened to the same records
- their families lived in the same region of the world
The conflict in this story is mostly the result of which event?
- Hector was separated from his mother as a young child.
- The Warden was looking for a buried treasure somewhere in the desert where Green Lake use to be.
- Sweet Feet's shoes were stolen.
- Derrick Dunne was bullying Stanley.
Which question does the book Holes answer?
- What percent did Stanley's weight change?
- What steps did Hector go through to find his mother?
- What did Hector and Stanley do with the money they uncovered?
- What happened to Mr. Pendanski?
Which statement from Holes contains a cause-effect relationship?
- Stanley's mother doubts whether Stanley's great-great-grandfather really stole a pig.
- In a few years, Camp Green Lake will become a Girl Scout camp.
- The commercial showed a baseball game.
- The air-conditioning was on, but they drove with the windows open as well, because, "No offense, but you boys really smell bad."