Holes Vocabulary Chapters 1-44

Multiple Choice

After the mall closed, the stores and parking lot were ????.

• defective

• desolate

• authority

• evict

Multiple Choice

Which word means "extreme pain or misery"?

• defective

• desolate

• grotesque

• agony

Multiple Choice

Which word means "a safe place or haven"?

• riot

• refuge

• mirage

• agony

Multiple Choice

Which word means "to remove or kick out of a location"?

• defective

• evict

• writhing

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

Which word means "to squirm around (as if in pain)"?

• wearily

• evict

• writhing

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

Which word means "moved about restlessly or nervously"?

• fidgeted

• evict

• writhing

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

The school psychologist thought the student was ??? because of his crazy laugh.

• wearily

• rummaging

• delirious

• protruding

Multiple Choice

Which word means "something that looks real, but it's not; a hallucination"?

• wearily

• mirage

• writhing

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

The policement were summoned when a ??? broke out over the weekend.

• riot

• refuge

• precipice

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

Which word means "misty; unclear"?

• grotesque

• evict

• hazy

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

The children were ??? around in the pantry looking for cookies and other yummy snacks.

• rummaging

• protruding

• agony

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

Which word means "piercing or sharp"?

• wearily

• evict

• writhing

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

Which word means "sticking out or standing out"?

• rummaging

• mirage

• writhing

• protruding

Multiple Choice

Which word means "outright disobedience"?

• wearily

• defective

• defiance

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

Which word means "violent or wild disorder"?

• inexplicable

• riot

• precipice

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

The child stuck her bottom lip out in ??? and told her mother that she was tired and refused to pick up her toys.

• defiance

• desolate

• grotesque

• agony

Multiple Choice

Which word means "very gross, ugly, hideous"?

• defective

• grotesque

• penetrating

• agony

Multiple Choice

Alvester returned his Xbox to Game Stop, because it was ??? and wouldn't turn on.

• defective

• perseverance

• desolate

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

Carissa showed ??? when she continued to play even after getting hit in the head with a volleyball.

• defective

• perseverance

• desolate

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Pisano walked ??? to her car after a very tiresome and stressful day in the classroom.

• defiance

• perseverance

• stifling

• wearily

Multiple Choice

Over the summer, it is ??? in the hot classroom.

• wearily

• perseverance

• stifling

• authority

Multiple Choice

It was a ??? thing when Carlos robbed the poor, helpless elderly lady.

• agony

• despicable

• stifling

• wearily

Multiple Choice

Which word means "impossible to understand or be explained"?

• hazy

• desolate

• authority

• inexplicable

Multiple Choice

Even though the day had been tough, I felt an ??? burst of joy inside of me when I looked around at my family.

• inexplicable

• perseverance

• astonishment

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

Which word means "unstable, unsafe, or dangerous"?

• precarious

• desolate

• astonishment

• mirage

Multiple Choice

Images of animals and successful hunts were ??? onto the walls of caves by prehistoric men.

• engraved

• writhing

• grotesque

• defective

Multiple Choice

The church tried to be a ??? for the hungry and the poor.

• refuge

• mirage

• riot

• defective

Multiple Choice

Because we couldn't afford to pay rent, our landlord was forced to ??? us.

• defective

• desolate

• authority

• evict

Multiple Choice

Rafael was in a state of ??? when his parents surprised him with the brand new puppy he's been asking for.

• defective

• astonishment

• authority

• precipice

Multiple Choice

A ??? landscape is dry and has only a few plants or trees.

• defective

• authority

• grotesque

• barren

Multiple Choice

Which word means "a feeling of surprise or wonder"?

• defective

• precarious

• astonishment

• barren

Multiple Choice

The guilty student squirmed uneasily under Mrs. Carro's ??? glare.

• defective

• perseverance

• desolate

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

Which word means "temporarily crazy or insane"?

• delirious

• perseverance

• desolate

• protruding

Multiple Choice

Blob fish are ugly and ??? because they're very slimy and gooey.

• engraved

• writhing

• grotesque

• defective

Multiple Choice

Alvester and Randy put themselves in a ??? situation when they ran into the spooky woods late at night.

• penetrating

• delirious

• precarious

• defiance

Multiple Choice

Mr. Lynam has the ??? to take your phone and not return it to you until the end of the school year.

• penetrating

• desolate

• authority

• evict

Multiple Choice

Randy fell to the ground, ??? in pain, when the nail went through his foot.

• engraved

• writhing

• grotesque

• defiance

Multiple Choice

The bone was ??? out of Fernando's arm after he fell off the roof.

• precipice

• writhing

• protruding

• defiance

Multiple Choice

The hiker thought that he saw a pond of water in the middle of the desert, but it was only a ???.

• mirage

• writhing

• engraved

• riot

Multiple Choice

Which word means "the edge of a cliff"?

• protruding

• precipice

• inexplicable

• astonishment

Multiple Choice

Because of the fog, the air looked ???, so I squinted as I tried to look around.

• hazy

• riot

• stifling

• wearily

Multiple Choice

Julio and Camila jumped off the steep ??? of the mountain into the water below.

• protruding

• mirage

• riot

• precipice

Multiple Choice

Erick was in ??? when his feet caught on fire after playing with gasoline and matches.

• agony

• despicable

• defiance

• penetrating

Multiple Choice

The boy ??? nervously as he stood to make a speech in front of the class.

• engraved

• fidgeted

• rummaging

• penetrating