WorksheetsMr. C's Holes Final Test
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 36mins
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 an European name.
Campers DON'T want to get bitten by a __________ even if it means they would be allowed to spend some time recovering in the tent, instead of having to a dig holes.
yellow spotted lizard
rattlesnake
scorpion
spider
Stanley's father is a(n) ___________________
gypsy
musician
inventor
farmer
Which object is used as a symbol of hope in the novel?
rattlesnake tattoo
onion
mountain
Big Thumb
This sentence is an example of what type of figurative language? "Myra's head is as empty as a flowerpot."
alliteration
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
Mary Lou
Which one is NOT a description of Kate Barlow?
The village school teacher
The kissing outlaw
Makes peach preserves
A psychic
In our class discussions we talked about several themes that are throughout the book. What is one of the themes we see in the book Holes?
According to Stanley, which animal is the most dangerous?
yellow spotted Lizards
Tarantulas.
Rattlesnakes
Scorpions
What is the first thing Stanley finds in the ground?
A suitcase
An old coin.
A silver locket.
A fossil.
Who does Stanley give the gold tube to in Chapter 13?
Mr. Sir
Mr. Pendanski.
X-Ray.
The Warden.
Stanley Yelnats was sent to Camp Green Lake after he was arrested for ____________.
causing a scene at a popular restaurant
painting the word "Bully" on Derek's house
stealing a famous baseball player's sneakers
driving a car with a driver's license
After Elya Yelnats reached America, he had--
started an onion farm
sent money to Myra's father
looked for Madame Zeroni's son
changed his name to Stanley
X-Ray told Stanley that he was called X-Ray because----
it was short for extra radioactive
he could find a needle in a haystack
his dad's name was Ray
it was pig Latin for Rex
Where did Stanley realize he had seen the gold tube before?
in a book about Kate Barlow
at the auction at the homeless shelter
in a picture of his great-great-grandfather on his wedding day
in his mother's bathroom
What had happened after Hattie Parker saw Sam and Miss Katherine kissing?
The sheriff ordered Sam to leave town right away
A mob of men and women stormed into the school building
A rainstorm flooded the entire town, sweeping much of it away
Mrs. Tennyson gave them some money to get out of town
Zero took off from the camp after---
he received a letter from his mother
Mr. Sir emptied Twitch's canteen into his hole
the Warden accused him of stealing the sunflower seeds
he hit Mr. Pendanski with a shovel
What helped Zero as he and Stanley made their way towards the thumb?
Stanley recited Clyde Livingston's statistics
Zero thought about his stuffed giraffe
Stanley spelled words for Zero
Zero told Stanley the story of his great-great-grandmother
How does Stanley’s relationship with Zero change by the end of the novel?
A. Stanley and Zero become like strangers by the end of the book.
B. Stanley and Zero become close friends by the end of the book.
C. Stanley is just like Zero by the end of the book.
D. Stanley and Zero are enemies by the end of the book.
Which of the following would be the best theme for this novel?
A. You can only love what you’ve got while you’ve got it.
B. Destiny sometimes plays a huge part in our lives.
C. Yellow spotted lizards are very dangerous
D. Digging holes can make you a good person.
All of the following words describe the Warden except ___________.
A. Caring
B. Demanding
C. Selfish
D. Motivated
The fact that Stanley left the camp to find Zero shows that Stanley is________.
A. Brave
B. Independent
C. Caring
D. All of the above
In the novel, the use of the omniscient third person point of view allows the author to –
A. share only Stanley’s inner thoughts and feelings.
B. concentrate on creating unusual characters
C. share what many of the characters are thinking and feeling.
D. describe the story’s setting in vivid details.
All of the following are things The Warden did EXCEPT _________.
A. She slapped Mr. Sir with her venom red nail polish
B. She let a net full of yellow spotted lizards go inside a hole with Zero.
C. She waited and watched as the yellow spotted lizards crawled over Stanley and Zero.
D. She told Mr. Pendanski to destroy all of Hector Zeroni’s records.
The protagonist is the main character of a story. Who is the protagonist in this novel?
A. Stanley
B. Zero
C. Kate Barlow
D. The Warden
Madame Zeroni tells Elya Yelnats to carry a _____________ up the mountain.
A. Sheep
B. Potato
C. Pig
D. Child
Stanley and Zero survive by eating __________.
A. Lizards
B. Berries
C. Onions
D. Bugs
Miss Katherine becomes an outlaw because ______________.
A. She is no longer able to teach
B. Sam was unjustly killed
C. Trout Walker put Sam in jail
D. The school house was burned down
“His real name is Charles Walker, but everyone calls him Trout because his two feet smelled like a couple of dead fish.” What type of figurative language is used in this passage?
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Metaphor
D. Idiom
All of the following characters lived in the Town of Green Lake over one hundred years ago except ___________.
A. Trout
B. Kate
C. The Warden
D. Sam
Which of the following presents the largest obstacle for Stanley?
A. Derrick Dune
B. The desert
C. Clyde Livingston
D. Mr. Sir
Which of the following is an effect of Magnet stealing Mr. Sir’s sunflower seeds?
A. Mr. Sir does not give Stanley any water.
B. The Warden makes the boys in Group D dig the dirt twice.
C. Zigzag hits Stanley in the head with his shovel.
D. The Warden hides microphones around the camp to listen to the boys.
Who shot the sheriff of Green Lake?
A. Sam
B. Trout Walker
C. The Warden
D. Miss Katherine
All of the following topics are included in Holes except _________.
A. Friendship
B. Punishment
C. Perseverance
D. Beauty
What is Kate Barlow's connection to Stanley Yelnats' great-grandfather?
A. She married him once she went on the run.
B. She moved into his cabin once she returned to Green Lake.
C. He was one of her students at the schoolhouse.
D. She robbed him of his life's savings.
What is one kind thing that Mr. Pendanski does NOT do in the story?
A. He sneaks popsicles to the campers after they finish digging.
B. He tells the campers that they are special.
C. He calls them only by their given name.
D. He gives the campers pep talks.
Who is Stanley most angry with throughout the story?
A. Mr. Pendanski
B. His no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather
C. Himself
D. The Warden
What is the connection between Stanley's and Zero's families?
A. Zero's great-great-grandfather hired Stanley's great-great-grandfather when he first moved to America.
B. Zero's great-great-great-grandfather asked Stanley's great-great-great-grandmother to marry him.
C. Zero's grandfather was neighbors with Stanley's great-grandmother.
D. Zero's great-great-great-grandmother put a curse on the Yelnatses.
What does the Warden do to Mr. Sir that is quite cruel?
A. She makes Mr. Sir supervise the campers all day without any drinking water.
B. She tasks Mr. Sir with catching rattlesnakes around the camp.
C. She scratches him across the face with her nails that were freshly painted with rattlesnake venom.
D. She makes him sleep in the smallest hole each night.
What did the Warden tell the campers was the reason why they dug holes each day?
A. They were digging for water.
B. It builds character.
C. They were searching for treasure.
D. They were digging a moat around the camp.
What does Zero confess to Stanley towards the end of the story?
A. That he took some of the buried treasure for himself.
B. That he was watching when Stanley got picked on at school but never stood up for him.
C. That he always filled Stanley's holes back up with dirt.
D. That he was the one who really stole the shoes.
In the book, there is a place where the water flows uphill and magical onions grow. What is this place called?
A. God's Thumb
B. Frodo's Ring
C. Thor's Hammer
D. Harry's Wand
What do Stanley and Zero find in the hole when they went back to camp?
A. Nothing important
B. Onions
C. Stanley's family fortune
D. A pipe for water supply
The gypsy who cursed the Yelnats family was named ___________.
A. Madame Zero
B. Madame Zendowski
C. Mistress Zeroni
D. Madame Zeroni
What is the main present day place setting throughout the novel?
A. Latvia
B. America
C. Camp Green Lake
D. The late 1800s
What was the Warden trying to do in order to keep the suitcase for herself instead of the boys taking it?
A. She told a lie saying that the boys stole it from her.
B. She jumped in the hole and tried to grab the suitcase.
C. She aimed a shotgun at Stanley's attorney.
D. She had the counselors distract the attorney by clanging some shovels together.
What did Stanley find in the muddy gully that helped the two boys?
A. A pocketknife
B. An onion
C. A hot fudge sundae
D. A shovel
What is 'God's Thumb'?
A. It is a rock formation that Stanley's great-grandfather sought refuge by when he was stranded in the desert.
B. It is the nickname of the new camper at Camp Green Lake.
C. It is where the boys store their shovels.
D. It is a knickknack that the Warden keeps next to her fingernail polish.
