Holes Chapters 16 and 17

What was the real reason Mr. Pendanski was assigned to Group D?

• A) To punish them
  
  

• B) Because he liked them

• C) Because the Warden thought they needed

• D) To spy on the boys

What unusual item did Stanley find in his hole?

• A) A key
  

• B) A gold coin

• C) A lipstick tube

• D) A map

How does X-Ray react to Stanley finding the lipstick tube?

• A) He congratulates him

• B) He wants Stanley to give it to him

• C) He ignores Stanley

• D) He offers Stanley a deal for it

Why does Stanley agree to let X-Ray take credit for finding the tube?

• A) He wants to avoid conflict

• B) He doesn’t want the Warden’s attention

• C) He feels indebted to X-Ray

• D) He doesn’t care about the tube

What do the boys speculate the Warden is looking for?

• A) Old treasures

• B) Buried gold

• C) Rare fossils

• D) Important documents

What is the Warden's method of getting information from the boys?

• A) Offering them rewards

• B) Listening to their conversations

• C) Intimidating them

• D) Eavesdropping on their letters

What does Zigzag complain about during the digging?

• A) The heat

• B) The lack of food

• C) The unfairness of the work

• D) Stanley not digging fast enough

Why does the Warden get excited when X-Ray hands her the lipstick tube?

• A) She thinks it’s valuable

• B) She recognizes it

• C) She thinks they’re close to something important

• D) It was part of a treasure hunt

What does the Warden do when she arrives after X-Ray gives her the tube?

• A) She praises X-Ray

• B) She asks the boys to keep digging

• C) She makes the boys dig around X-Ray’s hole

• D) She gives the boys a day off

What effect does the Warden’s excitement have on the boys?

• A) It motivates them to dig faster

• B) It confuses and worries them

• C) It encourages them to rebel

• D) It makes them hopeful for a reward