Holes Novel Assessment

Where was the setting of Holes?

• Disneyland
• Sahara Desert
• Camp Green Lake
• Iraq

What was special about Stanley's name?

• It was his family name.
• It was spelled using hieroglyphics.
• It was spelled the same forward and backward.
• It is a European name.

Where did Stanley get the pair of sneakers?

• Found them in a trash can.
• It was a gift from a basketball player.
• They fell from the freeway overpass on his head.
• They were on sale at the mall.

Stanley's nickname is ________.

• Lump
• Sweet Feet
• Zero
• Caveman

Who is Myra?

• The village school teacher.
• The girl Elya believes to love.
• The warden of the camp.
• Stanley's cousin

What literary element is used continuously in the story?

• flashback
• alliteration
• personification
• sequence of events

Zero was the great-great-great-grandson of_________.

• The Warden
• Mary Lou
• Madame Zeroni
• Linda

Who was teaching Zero how to read?

• The Warden
• Zigzag
• Lump
• Stanley

What did Madame Zeroni tell Elya will happen if he doesn't take her up the mountain?

• He will die.
• He will be cursed and so will his family for generations.
• He will sink while going to America.
• Nothing will happen to him.

Why do the yellow-spotted lizards not bite Stanley and Zero?

• They smell like strawberries.
• They like the two boys.
• They smell like onions.
• They want to torture them.