Holes Quiz (Scene 1-5)

What is the name of the protagonist and why is he sent to Camp Green Lake?

What is especially unusual about Stanley Yelnats' name?

• Stanley's name is spelled the same frontward and backward.

• He is the first person with the name Stanley

• Elya Yelnats is Stanley

• Stanley means "Stony Field"

  
  

Who put a curse on the Yelnats family?

• X-ray

• Myra Menke

• Madame Zeroni

• Kissin' Kate Barlow

What is the first task that the boys at Camp Green Lake are assigned to do?

• a) Build a fence around the camp.

• b) Clean the camp's mess hall.

• c) Run a marathon in the scorching heat.

• d) Dig a hole five feet deep and five feet in diameter.

What does Stanley find while digging his first hole?

• a) A gold nugget.

• b) A treasure chest.

• c) A fossil.

• d) A lipstick tube with the initials "KB" engraved on it.

What happens when you get bit by a yellow-spotted lizard?

• You get a fever

• You die a slow, painful death

• You develop a contagious rash

• Yellow spots start to appear on your body

What do the boys at the camp refer to Stanley as?

• Sneaker head

• Caveman

• Stan

• Barf Bag

Why does Stanley say that his apartment stinks?

• From Stanley's sneaker collection

• There was an animal infestation

• From Stanley's father cooking old sneakers as a way of recycling

• From the little old lady who lives in his house

Who is Myra Menke?

• Stanley's mother

• Igor Barkov's wife

• A sixteen year old girl

• Kate Barlow's daughter

What is a palindrome?

• a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase

• a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards as forward.

• a word that means the opposite of another word.

• a shortened form of a written word or phrase.