Holes

Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. Camp Green Lake (Chapter 1)

2. Yellow-spotted lizards (Chapter 1)

Short Answer

1. Stanley believes it will be like summer camp, a place he has never been. (Chapter 2)

2. Stanley was in the wrong place at the wrong time. (Chapter 3)

3. The Yelnats blame their misfortunes on Stanley’s great-great-grandfather, whom they say was a no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealer. (Chapter 3)

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. Mr. Sir (Chapter 4)

2. Mr. Pendanski/Mom (Chapter 5)

Short Answer

1. He must dig a hole five feet wide and five feet deep. (Chapter 4)

2. Stanley says he stole shoes from Clyde “Sweet Feet” Livingston, a famous baseball player. (Chapter 6)

3. Stanley was walking home when the shoes fell from the sky. Stanley picked them up to take them home. (Chapter 6)

Chapters 7-12

Reading Check

1. Myra (Chapter 7)

2. Caveman (Chapter 9)

3. A fish fossil (Chapter 10)

Short Answer

1. Madame Zeroni tells Elya he must carry a pig to the top of the mountain every day and let the pig drink from the stream, all while singing a song. She also tells Elya he must promise to take her to the stream when the pig is grown, or his family will be doomed for all eternity. (Chapter 7)

2. He didn’t take her to the top of the mountain. He forgot to help her and sailed to America. (Chapter 7)

Chapters 13-19

Reading Check

1. A metallic gold tube with KB on it (Chapter 13)

2. The Warden (Chapter 14)

3. To read and write (Chapter 18)

Short Answer

1. The boys suspect cameras and microphones are positioned around the camp. (Chapter 15)

2. Stanley’s father experiments on shoes, and their apartment smells like feet. (Chapter 16)

Chapters 20-24

Reading Check

1. By God’s thumb (Chapter 21)

2. Zero (Chapter 21)

3. A schoolteacher (Chapter 23)

Short Answer

1. She puts rattlesnake venom fingernail polish on and slaps Mr. Sir. (Chapter 20)

2. He lets his canteen fall to the ground, so Stanley is without water. (Chapter 24)

Chapters 25-28

Reading Check

1. Sam (Chapter 25)

2. Hector Zeroni (Chapter 27)

3. A yellow-spotted lizard (Chapter 28)

Short Answer

1. The villagers discriminate against Sam because of his skin color and kill him for kissing a white woman. The lake is cursed, and there isn’t a drop of rain that falls on it after the villagers kill Sam. (Chapter 26)

2. She kisses her victims with red lipstick after she shoots them. (Chapter 26)

Chapters 29-35

Reading Check

1. His records (Chapter 31)

2. The Mary Lou/A boat (Chapter 34)

Short Answer

1. There is a mountain peak that looks like a thumb, and Stanley wonders if it is what his great-grandfather described as God’s thumb. (Chapter 29)

2. The boys feel as though Stanley thinks he is superior to the others because he doesn’t have to dig a hole. They also compare the arrangement to slavery. (Chapter 30)

3. The camp leaders humiliate Zero because he cannot read. (Chapter 30)

Chapters 36-43

Reading Check

1. To Big Thumb (Chapter 36)

2. Onions (Chapter 38)

3. Laney Park (Chapter 43)

Short Answer

1. Stanley carries him to the top. (Chapter 38)

2. Zero tells Stanley that he is the one who stole the shoes. (Chapter 39)

Chapters 44-50

Reading Check

1. Yellow-spotted lizards (Chapter 45)

2. His lawyer (Chapter 46)

3. STANLEY YELNATS (Chapter 47)

Short Answer

1. They want to find Kissin’ Kate’s treasure. (Various chapters)

2. Stanley’s father invents a deodorizer because Stanley broke the curse. Stanley’s treasure gives him and Zero a million dollars each. Clyde Livingston comes to Stanley’s house. (Various chapters)