1L/2L/3E Novel Unit: Quiz 2

Stanley's great-great-grandfather wanted

• to buy a small pig farm

• to marry Myra

• to become a pig farmer

• to become a famous inventor

Madame Zeroni helps Elya in exchange for

• a trip up the mountain to drink from the spring

• a trip to America

• Elya singing to her each night

• being a companion to Madame Zeroni

Myra pics her husband by

• tossing a lucky coin

• having the men choose a number between 1 and 10

• solving a magic riddle

• choosing the one she loved

When Elya is sailing across the Atlantic, he remembers

• his father's words about marriage

• the words to the song Madame Zeroni had taught him

• he left his watch with Myra

• his promise to carry Madame Zeroni up the mountain

After coming to America, Elya

• is cursed with disasters

• is lucky to find a gold mine

• has 20 children

• is unhappy and wants to return home

After digging their holes, each boy

• spits into the hole

• has a difficult time climbing out

• shovels out one extra scoop of dirt

• whistles a victory tune

X-Ray tells Stanley

• he's feel better in the morning

• every day the digging becomes easier

• the second hole is more fun to dig

• the second hole is the hardest

Stanley's nickname becomes

• Caveman

• Lump

• Sweet Feet

• Barf Bag

Which statement from Holes contains on opinion?

• Stanley walked to Zero's hole and watched him measure it with his shovel.

• Zero pulled himself up to the surface. He didn't even smile.

• Zigzag had to be the "weirdest dude" Stanley had ever seen.

• He had a long skinny neck, and a big round head and wild frizzy blond hair that stuck out in all directions.