Holes Chapter 1-7

What is the first revelation (opinberun) of the book? (Hint: it comes in the first sentence.)

• Nobody but Stanley is staying at the camp.
• There are girls at the camp.
• There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.
• The Warden is a man.

What is the worst thing that can happen to a person at Camp Green Lake?

• To have to go to see the Warden
• To have to dig two holes a day
• To be bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard
• To have all shower privileges taken away

Who gets sent to Camp Green Lake?

• Pretty girls
• Bad boys
• Basketball players
• Boys whose parents don’t like them

Who supposedly is to blame for Stanley’s bad luck in being convicted of a crime?

• His mother
• His father
• His great-grandfather’s friend
• His no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather

Who put a curse on the Yelnats family?

• Mr. Pendanski
• The Warden
• A one-legged gypsy named Madame Zeroni
• Clyde Livingston

What is especially unusual about Stanley Yelnats’ name?

• It is spelled the same frontward and backward.
• It has the same number of letters in his first and last names.
• It is an alias for his real name, Igor Barkov.
• Mr. Sir’s brother-in-law has the same name..

What was Stanley's father's job?

• He was a teacher.
• He was a policeman.
• He was a warden.
• He was an inventor.

The first Stanley Yelnats, Stanley’s great-grandfather, had made a fortune ....

• ...winning the lottery.
• ....digging for gold.
• ....in the stock market.
• ....by inventing a time machine.

Why did his home reek of smelly feet and rubber?

• His father was recycling old sneakers.
• His father never washed his socks.
• His grandfather liked to horde old shoes.

Who supposedly robbed the stagecoach of the first Stanley Yelnats?

• Mr. Pendanski’s best friend
• Sam the Onion Man
• Kissin’ Kate Barlow
• A one-legged Gypsy