Holes Test Review

Madame Zeroni

• asked to be carried up the mountain to drink in a stream before she died.

• kissed someone before she killed him.

• believed in the power of onions.

• couldn’t see very well, even though she wore glasses.

Big Thumb is

• important to the plot because it was Sam’s farm.

• a symbol of hope for the boys.

• the place where the money is buried.

• too far away to be of any real importance to the story.

Camp Green Lake

• has been under a curse.

• is a good place to send boys who have committed crimes.

• is run by law- abiding citizens.

• helps train boys for a successful life.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

In the rising action of the novel

• the reader is introduced to Sam and Kate.

• the reader learns about the camp and Stanley.

• the curse is broken.

• the suitcase is found in flashback.

The part of the plot that follows the falling action is

• rising action.

• exposition.

• climax.

• resolution.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

One of the conflicts of the novel is

• man vs. man - when Stanley fights with Squid.

• man vs. nature - when Stanley and Zero struggle to make it to Big Thumb.

• man vs. society - when the Warden wants the suitcase.

• man vs. self - when Mr. Sir is getting revenge by not giving Stanley water.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

A good example of a flashback in the story is when

• Stanley digs his first hole.

• the narrator tells the story of Elya Yelnats.

• Mr. Sir explains to Stanley how he'll dig his hole.

• the boys steal the sack of sunflower seeds.

Sam is important to the plot of the novel because

• his onion farm existed at Big Thumb.

• he gives the boys onion juice.

• he curses Green Lake.

• he educates the boys about the power of onions.

Stanley's biggest change is

• becoming a good friend to the boys of tent D.

• when he begins to teach.

• he gets stronger and gains confidence in himself.

• as he learns about the curse.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The curse

• is never able to be broken.

• is broken because Stanley's father finally invented something.

• is not broken because Trout Walker was responsible for Kate's death.

• is broken because Stanley carried Zero up the mountain.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9