WorksheetsHoles 15-21
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 9hrs 4mins
Why do the boys not complain about having to dig a bigger hole?
They are starting to like digging holes.
It is easier to dig when you are looking for something.
They are afraid of the Warden.
It is easier to dig a bigger hole when two boys are digging together.
Why did Stanley try to memorize his hole from yesterday? (p.71)
Because that was his favorite hole he has ever dug.
Because that is where he found the gold tube.
Just for fun.
Because the Warden told him to.
What does Stanley think the tube could be? (p.72-73)
The lid to a fancy gold pen.
Something from another planet.
The Warden's prized possession she had lost.
Something useless that was a waste of time.
What does Stanley's mom tell him in her letter? (p.75)
That she misses him and is coming to pick him up from camp.
That she found out the truth about Camp Green Lake.
That his father thinks he is close to a breakthrough with his shoe odor invention.
That they have lost their home.
After getting hurt, why did they make Stanley keep digging? (p.78-79)
They did not have a person to take his place.
They didn't, they let him go rest.
It was "Stanley's dirt" to dig.
He told them he wanted to help.
Why does Stanley not know what his injury looks like? (80-81)
He was too afraid to see it.
They told him he was not allowed to look at it.
It had healed.
There were no mirrors at Camp.
Why did Squid threaten to break Stanley's jaw? (83)
He caught Squid crying.
They had gotten into a fight.
He did not want to be friends with him anymore.
Zig Zag told him to.
Why did Stanley say he was in the wrong place at the wrong time again? (85)
He had gotten caught with the sunflower seeds.
He got caught with another pair of shoes.
He was caught stealing a shovel.
He just said it in conversation as a joke.
What does the word condemned mean? (88)
guilty
proud
excited
honored
Why did Mr.Sir take Stanley to the Warden?
To introduce them to each other.
To tell her it was time to let Stanley have the day off.
To tell her Stanley had stolen his sunflower seeds.
To tell her it was time for Stanley to go home.
Why was the Warden's nail polish so red? (90)
She buys it from her favorite store.
She adds food coloring.
It is her favorite color.
She uses rattlesnake venom.
What did the Warden do to Mr.Sir? (91)
She struck him across the face.
She fired him.
She told him he was her favorite employee.
She gave him a hug.
Why does walking through the desert remind him of his great-grandfather?(92-93)
He was robbed by Kissin' Kate Barlow and stranded in the desert.
He loved to travel to the desert on vacations.
He missed him very much.
He was a bank robber himself who ran into the desert.
Why did Stanley infer that Zero dug his hole for him? (94)
Who is your favorite character so far and why?
Who hits Stanley in the head with a shovel?
The Warden
X-Ray
Zero
Zigzag
Instead of apologizing, this character
punches him.
yells at him to move his dirt.
digs for him.
steals his canteen.
Why was Stanley relieved when the boys returned to their regular spot to dig?
Because he wanted to be the first one to find something interesting for the Warden.
Because then he knew how much he had to dig and he wouldn't have to worry about someone hitting him with the shovel.
Because he was embarrassed of how badly he smelled.
Because the other boys had been making fun of him for being overweight.
We find out in chapter 18 that Zero doesn't know how to ____ and ______.
Ride a bike
Read
Swim
Write
In chapter 18 the reader can infer that Magnet is named this because he steals well. Which piece of evidence supports this?
“Time flies when you’re having fun,” said Magnet.
Stanley was back in his hole, shovel in hand, when he heard Magnet call out. “Anybody want some sunflower seeds?”
“I can’t help it,” Magnet said. He held both hands up, wiggled his fingers, and laughed. “My fingers are like little magnets.”
“So, tell me, Caveman,” said Mr. Sir. “How did my sack of sunflower seeds get in your hole?”
Why did Stanley get blamed for stealing Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds?
He forced Magnet to give them to him.
Zigzag dumped them in Stanley's hole as payback.
Squid told Mr. Sir that Stanley had stolen them because Stanley had caught Squid crying in his cot.
Stanley accidentally dropped the seeds in his hole and instead of telling on Magnet, he took the blame.
The Warden's nail polish made from _______ and is only toxic when wet.
Yellow Spotted Lizard Blood
Rattlesnake Venom
Scorpions
slime
Shockingly, the Warden ________ Mr. Sir, and he __________.
high fives, cries out in pain
hits, cries out in pain
high fives, smiles
strikes, smiles
Where did Stanley's Great Grandfather stay after being left by Kissing Kate Barlow that allowed him to survive for 17 days in the desert?
In a rattlesnake den
In a cave
On God's thumb
Who helped Stanley dig his hole after Stanley took the blame for stealing the sunflower seeds?
Magnet
Zero
Barf Bag
Zigzag
ch 15: The Warden promised that if the boys found anything else, they would be rewarded how?
Double shower and extra drinking water
Rest of the day off and a double shower
Double shower and a two hour break
Rest of the day off and extra food
ch 15: How did the Warden know the boys' names even though she never talks to them or some had never seen her?
Mr. Pendanski spies on the boys for her
She overheard Mr. Sir's conversations with the boys
Hidden cameras and microphones
Mr. Sir was ordered to report everything about the boys to her
Ch 15: Why were the boys digging?
To build character
They were looking for something
To exercise
To make up for their crimes
ch 15: Why had X-Ray been afraid to talk to Stanley about the gold tube at breakfast?
He knew the Warden was listening or watching through cameras/microphones
He wanted to keep the gold tube for himself
He did didn't want to admit that Stanley had found it instead o him
He had forgotten about the gold tube because he was so tired
In Chapter 15, Stanley and the boys had been digging in X-Ray's hole for days and had found nothing else. Stanley knew that they were digging in the wrong place, so he planned on doing what at night?
Going to the Warden's cabin to confess where the tube was REALLY found
Going out to lakebed and digging in the hole that HE had found the gold tube
Going to Mr. Sir's tent to inform him that HE had found the tube and NOT X-Ray
Going to Mr. Pendanski's tent and asking him for advice on what to do
ch 16:While at camp, Stanley receives a letter from who?
His mom
His great grandfather
His attorney
His parole officer
ch 16 What nursery rhyme does Stanley's mother mention in her letter to him?
Mother Goose
Aesop's fables
Ring around the rosies
The old lady who lived in a shoe
ch 17: As the Warden becomes more and more impatient with the boys not finding anything else in X-Ray's hole, she lashes out and becomes more violent. What did she hit Armpit with?
A rock
Her fist
A pitchfork
A chunk of dirt
At the end of Chapter 17, what happened to Stanley while digging?
He fainted
He was hit by a shovel
He was bit by a yellow-spotted lizard
His shovel broke
In chapter 18, what does Zero want to learn?
diggig faster
(ch 19) What did Magnet steal?
a fossil
a shovel
Mr. Sir's sunflower seed
Mr. Sir's truck
( ch19)What hole did Mr. Sir find the sunflower seeds in?
Magnet
X-Ray
Zero
Stanley
What is the secret ingredienet in the Warden's nailpolish in ch 20?
Yellow Spotted Lizard venom
Rattlesnake venom
Scorpion venom
Cobra snake venom
Why can we infer that the Warden slapped Mr. Sir in chapter 20?
She was confused
Mr. Sir was lying to her
She didn't care about his sunflower seeds.
What did Squid say he would do if he told anyone he was crying?
tell Mr. Sir
break his jaw
punch him
tell the Warden
What did Magnet steal?
a fossil
a shovel
Mr. Sir's sunflower seed
Mr. Sir's truck
What hole did Mr. Sir find the sunflower seeds in?
Magnet
X-Ray
Zero
Stanley
Where did Mr. Sir take Stanley?
to the Warden's cabin
back to the campground
to jail
to his parent's house
What was in the special case the Warden told Stanley to go get?
hairbrush
lipstick
makeup
fingernail polish
How did Stanley's grandfather say he was rescued?
he found a water fountain
he found refuge on God's thumb
he found a lake
he found people to take care of him
Who dug Stanley's hole for him?
Zero
Magnet
X-Ray
Zigzag
What did the Warden do to Mr. Sir?
patted him on the back
sent him to jail
slapped him on the face
nothing
What is the best summary of Chapter 21?
As Stanley walks back to his hole he thinks about his great grandfather, the pig-stealer’s son, who had spent seventeen days lost in the desert after being robbed by Kissin’ Kate Barlow. When he gets back, he realizes Zero dug his hole for him.
Stanley's grandfather was rescued, he was sent to a hospital, and married one of the nurses.
Stanley thinks about his grandfather and he realizes someone dug his hole for him.
Stanley's grandfather was a good man who was robbed.
In chapter 20, the Warden has Stanley get her makeup case. What does she get from it?
powder
lipstick
nail polish remover
nail polish
What was Zero's reason for helping him?
because he is nice
because he took the blame for the seeds
because he wanted the day off
because he wanted to read
