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Reading Lesson - The Big Holes Quiz!

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Stanley's great-great-grandfather called?

a)

Also called Stanley Yelnats

b)

Elya Yelnats

c)

Hector Zeroni

d)

Ayla Yelnats

e)

Yelnats Stanley

2.

Where was Stanley's great-great-grandfather from?

a)

The USA

b)

Latvia

c)

Lithuania

d)

Germany

3.

The holes that they boys dig all have to be ... foot deep and ... foot wide.

(a)  

4.

Who does Stanley blame his bad luck on?

a)

His no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-like-great-great-grandfather

b)

His no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather

c)

His dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather

d)

His no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-grandfather

e)

His no-good-pig-stealing-dirty-rotten-great-great-grandfather

5.

Which of these is NOT the name of a member of Camp Green Lake?

a)

Zero

b)

Twitch

c)

Squid

d)

Barf Bag

e)

Android

6.

What is the name of Stanley's former bully?

a)

Clyde Livingston

b)

Hector Zeroni

c)

Derrick Dunne

d)

Harry Dunne

7.

Why did Mr. Sir eat so many sunflower seeds?

a)

Mr. Sir wanted to be a baseball player and baseball players eat them

b)

Mr. Sir ate them in place of smoking

c)

He loved the taste of them

d)

They made him immune to being poisoned

8.

Which leader at the camp is known as Mom by the boys?

a)

Mr. Pendanski

b)

Mr. Sir

c)

The Warden

d)

The cook

9.
X-Ray told Stanley that he was called X-Ray because.... 
a)
he could find a needle in a haystack
b)
his dad's name was Ray
c)
it was short for "Extra Radioactive"
d)
it was pig latin for Rex
10.
Stanley's nickname is ________.
a)
Lump
b)
Sweet Feet
c)
Zero
d)
Caveman
11.

What type of tree used to grow along the shores of Green Lake?

a)

Peach trees

b)

Pear trees

c)

Apple trees

d)

Oak trees

12.

What is in the Warden’s nail polish?

a)

Gold

b)

Yellow-spotted lizard venom

c)

Scorpion venom

d)

Rattlesnake venom

13.

What did Sam grow and sell?

a)

Potatoes

b)

Strawberries

c)

Onions

d)

Spinach

14.

What happened to Mr. Pendanski's face?

a)

The Warden scratched him

b)

Mr. Sir headbutted him

c)

Stanley hit him in the face with a shovel

d)

Zero hit him in the face with a shovel

15.

What does Zero call the jars of liquid he found in the boat?

a)

Splat

b)

Squash

c)

Sploosh

d)

Splash

e)

Splosh

16.

What is the Warden's real name?

a)

Kissin' Kate Barlow

b)

Myra Menke

c)

Ms. Walker

d)

Mrs. Pendanski

17.

How did Stanley break the curse?

a)

He carried Zero up the mountain

b)

He ate onions

c)

Through sheer willpower

d)

He became strong by digging so many holes

18.

Why weren't the yellow-spotted lizards interested in Stanley and Zero?

a)

The boys had been drinking old spiced peaches

b)

The boys had been eating onions

c)

The boys stayed very still

d)

The lizards were more interested in the Warden

19.

At the end of the novel, Zero is reunited with his ...

(a)  

20.

The yellow-spotted lizards have … tongues.

(a)  

21.

IDENTIFY THE TECHNIQUE - "Myra's head is as empty as a flowerpot."

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Sibilance

22.

In the sentence "I will trade you my fattest pig for your daughter", "will" is an example of a...

(a)