Holes Vocabulary Quiz (1-14)

Hang, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

• ratio

• hover

• stifling

The campers are ​ (a)   to lie​ in the hammock.

• forbidden
• forlorn
• hastily

Match the following

• gruff

• deep and harsh sounding

• descendant

• a person considered as coming from some ancestor

• stifling

• characterized by oppressive heat

means by which an alleged matter is established or disproved

• evidence

• premises

• sanitary

Because of the ​ (a)   of water, each camper was only allowed a four-minute shower.

• scarcity
• premises
• neglect

Match the following

• hastily

• cut off or left behind

• perseverance

• in a hurried manner

• stranded

• persistent determination

land and buildings on it

• obstacle

• forbidden

• premises

Two boys, each carrying a shovel, were coming across the ​ (a)  

• compound
• unearth
• obstacle

not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply

• shallow

• perseverance

• stifling

The judge called Stanley's crime​ (a)   .

• despicable
• destiny
• gruff