Chapters 26 - 30 Pages 112 - 140

1. What was the town people's reaction to Sam kissing Kate?
a) The town's people wanted to hang Sam.
b) No one cared.
c) The people in the town wanted to run Sam out of town.

2. Sam left the town by _________.
a) donkey
b) row boat
c) foot
d) wagon

3. What happened to Sam?
a) The townspeople hung Sam.
b) Sam escaped the angry mob.
c) Sam was shot and killed.
d) Sam left town with Kate.

4. Kate became _____________.
a) a feared outlaw
b) a sheriff
c) a doctor
d) an onion grower

5. Stanley was afraid that Mr. Sir __________.
a) wouldn't let Mr. Pendanski drive the water truck
b) would take away his supper
c) put something vile into his canteen
d) would force him to dig an extra hole

6. Hector's last name was Zeroni, just like_________ last name.
a) Myra's
b) Sam's
c) Stanley's great-great-grandfather's
d) the gypsy's

7. After twenty years, Kate Barlow returned to Green Lake. When she returned she found __________.
a) she really loved Trout Walker
b) the lake had dried up
c) the children still wanted her as a teacher
d) Sam wasn't really dead

8. How did Kate Barlow die?
a) She died in her sleep.
b) Trout Walker shot her in the head.
c) She was bitten by a lizard.
d) Linda Miller hit her over the head with a shovel.

9. What was the connection between Kate Barlow and Stanley's great-grandfather?
a) Kate Barlow was his sister.
b) Kate Barlow had married him.
c) Kate Barlow had robbed him and left him stranded in the desert.
d) Kate Barlow took him to jail after he tried to kidnap her.

10. During the lightning storm Stanley thought he saw _________.
a) God's thumb
b) clouds bringing rain to Camp Green Lake
c) his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather's face
d) a donkey

11. The boys from Tent D gave Stanley a hard time because ____________.
a) Zero was digging part of his hole
b) he was so smart
c) he could dig faster than them
d) Mr. Sir liked him the best

12. After Mr. Pendanski called Zero stupid, Zero __________.
a) told him to go jump in a lake
b) showed him he could read
c) hit him with the shovel then ran away
d) kicked him and called him an evil man

13. The Warden is most like a descendant of _____________.
a) Madame Zeroni
b) Stanley Yelnats
c) Onion Sam
d) Trout Walker

14. Who is the speaker in this line from Holes?

"Excuse me?"
a) the Warden
b) Armpit
c) Mr. Pendanski
d) Zero

15. Which statement from Holes contains a cause-effect relationship?
a) Have you just been digging Caveman's hole for nothing?
b) I know you mean well, Stanley, but face it. Zero's too stupid to learn to read.
c) Zigzag make a gagging sound.
d) The collar ripped and Stanley fell backward onto the dirt.

16. Which statement is NOT true about the theme of Holes?
a) Luck, destiny and fate determine what happens.
b) It's not my fault, I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
c) Family heritage, customs, and stories passed down are important.
d) Surviving in the city with bullying, drugs, and gangs is difficult.



----------Key----------

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