Holes Review

Multiple Choice

What did Stanley find FIRST as he was digging?

• a gold coin

• a flat rock with a fossilized fish inside

• a gold tub with the initials KB on it

• a small locked box

Multiple Choice

Which camper is always at the front of the line?

• X-Ray

• Zero

• Stanley

• Armpit

Multiple Choice

Why is X-Ray named X-Ray?

• because he has excellent vision

• because it is Pig Latin for Rex

• because he can read people's mind

• because he has broken so many bones

Multiple Choice

Why is Stanley glad to be called Caveman?

• It means that the guys have accepted him as a member of the group.

• He has always wanted to live in a cave.

• It makes him more important than all of the others.

• He was once called Caveman by his friend back home.

Multiple Choice

"You have to think about what you want to do, then do it. Even you, Zero. You're not completely worthless."

Using this passage to draw conclusions, what is Mr. Pendanski's view of Zero?

• Mr. Pendanski is proud of Zero.

• Mr. Pendanski does not like Zero.

• Mr. Pendanski is afraid of Zero.

• Mr. Pendanski feels sorry for Zero.

Multiple Choice

X-Ray was right, the third hole was the hardest. So was the fourth hole. And the fifth hole. And the sixth and the...

This means _________________.

• looking back, all holes seem easy

• the sixth hole is the absolute hardest

• digging holes never gets any easier

• no hole is as hard to dig as the first

Multiple Choice

The warden is _____________.

• Mr. Sir's brother

• a woman

• a police officer

• a teenager

Multiple Choice

Who wanted Stanley to give him anything else he found while digging?

• Armpit

• Mom

• X-Ray

• Zero

Multiple Choice

What is the second item that Stanley finds while digging a hole?

• a gold tube

• a silver coin

• a fossil

• a heart shaped necklace

Multiple Choice

Who is the leader of the Group D boys?

• Armpit

• Magnet

• X-Ray

• ZigZag

Multiple Choice

How does Stanley know that the other boys have accepted him?

• They taught him to spit into his hole after he was finished digging.

• They let him sit in their circle with MR. PEndanski.

• They gave him a nickname.

• He is now the leader of their group.

Multiple Choice

Mr. Pendanski wants the boys in Group D to think about ________.

• what they want to do to improve the camp conditions

• something they can do to make the Warden nicer

• helping Stanley dig holes faster

• what they want to do with their lives

Multiple Choice

"He usually had such an angry expression on his face. Now he had such a huge smile it almost seemed too big for his face, like the smile on a jack-o'-lantern."

This passage refers to the first time that ________________.

• Stanley saw Zero smile

• Stanley heard X-Ray laugh

• Stanley told Mr. Pendanski what he wanted to do when he left Camp Green Lake

• Stanley beat someone digging a hole

Multiple Choice

"He usually had such an angry expression on his face. Now he had such a huge smile it almost seemed too big for his face, like the smile on a jack-o'-lantern."

What type of figurative language is included in the above passage?

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

Why was Stanley able to move up in the water line?

• He helped Zero move some dirt.

• He found something while digging and gave it to X-Ray.

• He threatened to beat up Magnet.

• He talks hateful to the Warden.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following traits are true of the Warden?

• She has red hair.

• She is tall.

• She has freckles on her arms and face.

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Why didn't X-Ray want to talk to Stanley about the gold tube at breakfast?

• He was afraid the Warden may have been listening.

• He was afraid that Stanley would take it back.

• He lost it.

• He had already told Mr. Sir about it.