Holes
Chapters 43 – 50
Name:
Vocabulary:
evict
inexplicable
retrieve
adjacent
sliver
budge
precarious
pry
wedge
suppress
frantically
initiate
perched
authenticated
strenuous
detainee
jurisdiction
pursuant
incarcerated
tedious
Short Answer: Reference the page number from the novel that supports
each of your answers.
1.) Who were the two strangers that met Stanley, Zero, the Warden, Mr. Sir and Mom
at the hole? What are their jobs and how are they connected to Stanley?
2.) What was the Warden’s excuse for not releasing Stanley to his attorney?
3.) Why didn’t the Lizards bite Stanley or Zero? Defend your opinion.
Long Answer: Reference the page number from the novel that supports
each of your answers.
1.) Fully describe Zero’s life growing up. What barriers to survival would Zero have to
face every day? How do you think he would overcome these barriers?
2.) On pg. 229 exists examples of coincidence and irony. Below are two passages from
that page. Choose which passage is coincidence and which is ironic. Defend your
opinion.
Passage 1: “… Stanley’s father invented his cure for foot odour on the day after the
great – great grandson of Elya Yelnats carried the great – great – great grandson of
Madame Zeroni up the mountain.”
Passage 2: “… Ms. Walker, who was desperate need of money, had to sell the land
which had been in her family for generations. It was bought by a national organization
dedicated to the wellbeing of young girls. In a few years, Camp Green Lake will become
a Girl Scout Camp.”