Holes by Louis Sachar

Why did the kids at school often tease Stanley?

• He was overweight

• His father was the school janitor

• He had bright red hair

• His feet smelled

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After Elya Yelnats reached America, he...

• stated an onion farm

• sent money to Myra's father

• looked for Madame Zeroni's son

• changed his name to Stanley

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X-Ray told Stanley that he was called X-Ray because...

• he could find a needle in a haystack

• his dad's name was Ray

• it was short for "Extra Radioactive"

• it was pig latin for Rex

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

• at the auction at the homeless shelter

• in a book about Kate Barlow

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

• in his mother's bathroom

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What happened when Sam kissed Katherine?

• Hattie Parker saw them and said "God will punish you!"

• Mrs. Tennyson gave them some money to get out of town

• Doc Hawthorne walked into the school house and ordered Sam to leave town

• Linda Miller became jealous and told her father

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Zero took off from the camp after...

• he received a letter from his mother

• Mr Sir emptied his canteen into his hole

• the Warden accused him of stealing the sunflower seeds

• he hit Mr Pendanski with a shovel

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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CCSS.RL.6.3

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

• Stanley recited Clyde Livingston's statistics

• Stanley spelled words for Zero

• Zero told Stanley the story of his great-grandfather

• Zero thought about his stuffed giraffe

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

• cover the tracks he and Zero made

• look for the shovel

• get the sploosh from the cave

• find the gold tube

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

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

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

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

• Stanley heard a rattling sound coming out of the suitcase

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

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

• They should remember to sing the song to the rattlesnakes

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

• It was important to drink a bottle of onion juice that night

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

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