Holes - Summer Reading

After Elya Yelnats reached America, he....

• looked for Madame Zeroni's son
• started an onion farm
• changed his name to Stanley
• sent money to Myra's father

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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

• in a book about Kate Barlow
• in a picture of his great-great-grandfather on his wedding day
• at the auction at the homeless shelter
• in his mother's bathroom

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Zero took off from the camp after... 

• he received a letter from his mother
• the Warden accused his of stealing sunflower seeds
• he hit Mr. Pendanski with a shovel
• Mr.Sir emptied Twitch's canteen into his hole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

• Stanley recited Clyde Livingston's statistics.
• Zero thought about hus stuffed giraffe
• Zero told Stanley the story about his great-great-grandmother.
• Stanley spelled words for Zero. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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

• cover the tracks he and Zero made
• get the sploosh from the cave.
• look for the shovel
• find the gold tube

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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

• An onion fell out of the hole where the suitcase had been.
• A baby lizard began to lick the wound on Zero's hand.
• Stanley heard a rattling sound coming out of the suitcase.
• One of the lizards leaped off Stanley and pounced on a tarantula. 

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

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

• They should always count the number of yellow spots on the lizards
• It was important that they drank a bottle of onion juice that night. 
• He would gladly pay them for any onions they might find for him
• They should remember to sing the song to the rattlesnakes

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

Where was the setting of Holes?

• Disneyland
• Sahara Desert
• Camp Green Lake
• Iraq

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why do the boys have to start digging so early?

• To be able to fill the whole back in at the end of the day.
• It took all day to dig a hole.
• To avoid the hottest part of the day.
• So they couldn't sleep in.

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1