Holes Chapters 36-43

What does the thumbs-up sign the boys

give each other mean?

• a. All right.

• b. Be quiet!

• c. Now it’s my turn.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

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Why does Stanley think he might have to

dig a grave for Zero at one point?

• a. Zero has dug a hole for him.

• b. He thinks Zero might die.

• c. Zero is getting depressed.

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How does Zero get gashes on his hands?

• a. He cut his hands on sharp rocks pulling

  Stanley up onto a ledge.

• b. He cut his hands on the blade of

  the shovel.

• c. He cut his hands on a broken jar.

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Why do the boys zigzag back and forth as

they climb the mountain?

• a. It is too steep for them to climb

  straight up.

• b. They are so dizzy from the altitude that

  they do not know what they are doing.

• c. They are so tired that they weave back

  and forth.

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When Zero falls down and can’t get up,

why does Stanley tell him he has already

ordered his hot fudge sundae?

• a. He thinks food will tempt Zero to

  get up.

• b. It is their little joke.

• c. He thinks Zero will believe him.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

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Why does Stanley think he’ll never find

water at the top of Big Thumb?

• a. It hasn’t rained lately.

• b. It is so steep he’d never be able to climb

  it.

• c. Water will not stay on top of a rock.

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What did Mrs. Tennyson think made her

daughter, Rebecca, sick?

• a. a virus

• b. bad meat

• c. swimming in the cold lake

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What does Zero confess to Stanley?

• a. that he committed the crime that

  Stanley was accused of

• b. that he has known how to read

  all along

• c. that he has blamed Stanley for

  his troubles

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CCSS.RL.4.3

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CCSS.RL.8.3

What did Zero do with the sneakers

he stole?

• a. put them on the roof of a car

• b. took them back to the shelter

• c. sold them to buy food

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What do the boys plan to do when they get

back to Camp Green Lake?

• a. dig for treasure

• b. steal food and water

• c. both of the above

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