Holes Review

Stanley went part of the way back down the mountain to —

• cover the tracks he and Zero had made

• get the sploosh from the cave

• look for the shovel

After Elya Yelnats reached America, he...

• started an onion farm

• looked for Madame Zeroni's son

• sent money to Myra's father

Why does Stanley get teased at school?

• he's overweight

• he has bright red hair

• his feet smell bad

What did Sam tell the men who were going out to hunt rattlesnakes?

• They should always count the number of yellow spots on the lizards.

• He would gladly pay them for any onions they might find for him.

• It was important that they drank a bottle of onion juice that night.

What happened when Sam kissed Katherine

• Doc Hawthorne walked into the schoolhouse and ordered Sam to leave town.

• Mrs. Tennyson gave them some money to leave town.

• Hattie Parker saw them and said God would punish them.

What helped Zero as he and Stanley made their way toward the thumb?

• Zero thought about his stuffed giraffe.

• Stanley spelled words for Zero.

• Zero told Stanley the story of his great-great-grandmother.

Where did Stanley realize he had seen the gold tube before?

• in his mother's bathroom

• in a book about Kate Barlow

• in a picture of his great-great-grandfather on his wedding day

How did X-Ray choose his nickname?

• it's short for Extra Radioactive

• it's pig latin for Rex

• he can find a needle in a haystack

What happened as Stanley stood in the hole and Zero held the suitcase?

• An onion fell out of the hole where the suitcase had been.

• A baby lizard began to lick the wounds on Zero's hand.

• One of the lizards leaped off Stanley and pounced on a tarantula.

Zero took off from the camp after —

• the Warden accused him of stealing the sunflower seeds

• he hit Mr. Pendanski with a shovel

• he received a letter from his mother