Holes Chapter 7-9

There are 2 story lines in Chapter 7. Who are the main characters in each separate story?

• Stanley & Myra

• Stanley & Elya

• Stanley & Madame Zeroni

• Stanley & Igor

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How wide, deep and long did the boy's holes have to be?

• 3 feet

• 4 feet

• 5 feet

• 6 feet

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Check all the reasons that Stanley had trouble digging his hole:

• He was overweight

• He had blisters on his fingers and palm

• He didn't throw his dirt piles far enough out of the way

• It was hot

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When Stanley dug the hole, he felt like he was digging his own _______.

• trap

• hiding spot

• tunnel

• grave

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How did Elya get so strong?

• he worked on the farm

• he carried a pig up and down the mountain

• he went to the gym

• he carried Madame Zeroni to town

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Madame Zeroni's curse was that if Elya failed to carry her up the mountain, let her drink from the stream and sing her the song, then ________.

• he would never have any children

• he and his descendants would be doomed for all of eternity.

• he would become a thief and a murderer

• he would never be rich

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What did Elya do with his pig before he sailed to America?

• he ate it

• he sold it

• he gave it to Madame Zeroni

• he gave it to Myra

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What was the promise that Elya broke to Madame Zeroni?

• He did not take the pig up the mountain the last day.
• He did not sing to the pig each day.
• He did not take her up the mountain or sing to her.
• He did not take Myra up the mountain.

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What did all the boys do after they finished digging their holes and before they walked back to camp?

• high-fived Mr. Pendanski

• screamed, "Hooray, I'm done!"

• spat in their hole

• jumped over their hole

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What is Stanley's new nickname?

• Mama's Boy

• Lumpkin

• Caveman

• Zigzag

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