Chapters 21 - 25 Pages 92 - 111

1. How did Stanley's great-grandfather survive in the desert?
a) He lived off cactus juice.
b) He carried plenty of water with him.
c) He found refuge on God's thumb.
d) He found a cave with supplies.

2. ________ dug Stanley's hole while he went to talk to the Warden about the sunflower seeds.
a) Squid
b) Magnet
c) X-Ray
d) Zero

3. Stanley began teaching Zero ___________.
a) how to read
b) how to sing
c) how to multiply
d) how to dance

4. Zero had a talent for ______________.
a) reading
b) math
c) science
d) geography

5. Stanley figures out the gold tube was really ____________-.
a) a bullet casing
b) the top to an ink pen
c) a lipstick container
d) a pipe fitting

6. Katherine Barlow made good _______________.
a) apple pie
b) spiced peaches
c) pickles
d) pound cake

7. Trout Walker got his nickname because ___________.
a) he had a trout pond on his property
b) he won the fishing competition
c) his feet smelled like dead fish
d) he cooked trout at his restaurant

8. Mr. Sir showed his upset feelings for Stanley by ______________.
a) dumping out his oatmeal
b) putting him in the back of the line
c) not filling his canteen
d) calling him names

9. Mary Lou, the donkey, ate nothing but _____________-.
a) clover
b) onions
c) oats
d) barley

10. When someone got sick they went to see Doc Hawthorn and Sam. Sam gave them _________.
a) onion concoctions
b) magic potions
c) apple cider
d) herbal remedies

11. Sam fixed the leaky roof of the schoolhouse in exchange for ____________.
a) reading lessons
b) money
c) spiced peaches
d) books

12. By the end of the first semester, Onion Sam _____________.
a) had turned the old run-down schoolhouse into a building the whole town was proud of
b) had learned to read as well as any of the sixth grade students
c) was able to keep the books for Mr. Walker at the general store

13. Which sequence best describes the order of events in Holes?

1) Sam fixed the leaky roof of the schoolhouse.
2) Katherine told Sam her heart was breaking.
3) Hattie Parker saw Katherine and Sam kiss.
4) Sam fixed the windows, doors, then painted the schoolhouse.

a) 2, 4, 3, 1
b) 3, 4, 2, 1
c) 4, 3, 2, 1
d) 1, 4, 2, 3

14. Which question does Chapters 21-25 answer?
a) What happens to Katherine and Sam?
b) What is the Warden looking for in the holes?
c) What was the gold tube?
d) Will Zero learn to read?

15. The conflict in this story is mostly the result of which event?
a) The Warden is looking for something hidden in the desert that use to be Green Lake.
b) Stanley Yelnats is under a curse.
c) X-Ray is the leader of Camp D.
d) Mr. Sir quit smoking cigarettes.



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1. (c)
2. (d)
3. (a)
4. (b)
5. (c)
6. (b)
7. (c)
8. (c)
9. (b)
10. (a)
11. (c)
12. (a)
13. (d)
14. (c)
15. (a)