Holes Literacy Skills

1. Which is not a setting from the book?

a) A dried up lake b) Kissing Kate’s cabin c) X Rays mother’s house d) Stanley’s living room

2. Which event happens first?

• A) Stanley finds a gold tube.

• B) X-ray gets the day off.

• C) The warden slaps Mr. Sir.

• D) Zero and Stanley run off.

3. Which is a fact from the book?

• A) Green Lake had water 110 years ago.

• B) Sam’s onions taste wonderful.

• C) Kissing Kate is one of the most beautiful people ever.

• D) Caveman was the meanest of the campers.

4. Which is a conflict from the story?

• A) Stanley and his family have bad luck.

• B) Zero finds a home at the end of the story.

• C) Mr. Yelnats finds a way to make shoes smell better.

• D) The Warden gets in trouble.

5. Which of the following is most likely to kill you at Camp Green Lake?

• A) dehydration • B) rattlesnakes • C) yellow spotted lizards • D) the warden

6. The resolution is when Stanley’s luck changes. At what point does his luck change?

• A) when he finds the KB tube.

• B) When he carries Zero up the mountain • C) When he finds the onions.

• D) when he digs up the treasure

7. Which did not happen at the end of the book?

• A) Stanley’s dad invented ‘sploosh’ • B) Stanley’s family had a Super Bowl party.

• C) Stanley and Zero watched the other campers fill in the holes.

• D) Stanley bought his parents a new house with a lab in the basement.

8. Why didn’t the yellow spotted lizards kill Stanley and zero?

• A) peaches • B) onions • C) stinky feet • D) they only like adults

9. How are X-ray and Derrick Dunne similar? • A) They are both at Camp Green Lake • B) They are both at Stanley’s school.

• C) They are both bullies.

• D) They are both Stanley’s friends.

10. Which is not a nickname of someone at Camp Green Lake?

• A) Twitch • B) Armpit • C) Squid • D) Walrus

11. What is the author’s purpose for writing

Holes?

• A) entertain us • B) teach us how to dig holes • C) win awards • D) inform us about shoes

12. What caused the Warden to hit Mr. Sir in the head?

• A) Stanley stole sunflower seeds.

• B) Zero ran away.

• C) Armpit and Zero got in a fight.

• D) No one could find the tube.

13. Which is not an effect of Zero stealing the shoes?

• A) Stanley got sent to Camp Green Lake.

• B) The curse eventually is finished.

• C) Stanley’s dad finds a cure for stinky feet.

• D) Elya Yelnats has to go to America.

14. Why is Stanley’s family cursed?

• A) Because Stanley stole the shoes.

• B) Because of Kate Barlow • C) Because of Madame Zeroni • D) Because of Trout Walker

15. Where is Camp Green Lake located?

• A) New York • B) Florida • C) Washington • D) Texas

16. Which of the following are named Mary Lou?

• A) a boat and a donkey • B) a horse and Trout’s wife • C) Sam’s friend and a canoe • D) Kate’s mom and the Warden’s lipstick