Holes Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Zero offers to dig part of Stanley’s hole if Stanley will teach him to read. What does this arrangement show?
Zero wants Stanley to take formal control of the group
Stanley is secretly exempt from the camp’s digging rules
Each boy can contribute a skill the other values
Both boys believe X-Ray assigned them to work together
2. Which relationship most clearly turns an old family failure into an act of restoration?
Stanley helps Hector Zeroni, a descendant of Madame Zeroni
X-Ray gives Stanley the nickname Caveman
Mr. Sir replaces Stanley’s water after an argument
Clyde Livingston buys one of Stanley’s father’s inventions
3. After fleeing the camp, Zero survives for a time by consuming something he calls “Sploosh.” What is it?
Old jars of preserved spiced peaches
A canned onion tonic left by Sam
A mixture of lake water and sunflower seeds
A peach-flavored drink stolen from the camp kitchen
4. What event is the turning point that transforms schoolteacher Katherine Barlow into the outlaw Kissin’ Kate Barlow?
Her schoolhouse is destroyed during a drought
Her preserved peaches are stolen by Charles Walker
Sam is murdered after their relationship provokes racist violence
Madame Zeroni places a curse on her family
5. The Warden tries to keep Stanley at the camp after he returns from the mountain. Who prevents this by pressing for his release?
Clyde Livingston
Stanley’s father
Stanley’s lawyer, Ms. Morengo
The Attorney General of Texas
6. Which item leads to Stanley’s wrongful arrest?
A gold lipstick tube marked with the initials K.B.
A pair of Clyde Livingston’s sneakers
A suitcase taken from beneath the lakebed
A jar of preserved spiced peaches
7. Who wrote the novel Holes?
Louis Sachar
Jerry Spinelli
Gary Paulsen
Carl Hiaasen
8. After the gold lipstick tube is found, the Warden orders concentrated digging around the site. What does this most strongly reveal?
She plans to build a permanent camp structure there
She wants to test whether X-Ray can supervise the other boys
She believes the lake’s old water source lies beneath that spot
She is searching for something connected to Kissin’ Kate Barlow
9. Which ending development best shows that Stanley and Zero have changed the pattern of misfortune surrounding their families?
Camp Green Lake receives a new Warden and continues operating
The treasure improves Stanley’s family fortunes, and Zero is reunited with his mother
Zero becomes the new owner of Clyde Livingston’s sneakers
Stanley returns to camp voluntarily to finish his sentence
10. Which action most directly fulfills Madame Zeroni’s old instructions and breaks the Yelnats family curse?
Stanley returns the stolen sneakers to Clyde Livingston
Zero uncovers the suitcase buried by Kissin’ Kate Barlow
Stanley gives the Warden an onion found near God’s Thumb
Stanley carries Zero up the mountain and sings the family song
11. What is unusual about the name “Stanley Yelnats”?
Every eldest son receives a different spelling of it
It was borrowed from the founder of Camp Green Lake
It reads the same forward and backward when the space is ignored
It is an English translation of Elya Zeroni’s name
12. When Stanley and Zero emerge with the buried suitcase, which detail most strongly supports Stanley’s legal claim to it?
The name Stanley Yelnats is written on the suitcase
Zero remembers seeing it before he entered the camp
It contains a pair of Clyde Livingston’s sneakers
The initials K.B. are stamped on its lock
13. Which sequence places these events in the correct chronological order?
Kate becomes an outlaw; Elya breaks his promise; Stanley is arrested; Stanley carries Zero
Elya breaks his promise; Kate becomes an outlaw; Stanley is arrested; Stanley carries Zero
Elya breaks his promise; Stanley is arrested; Kate becomes an outlaw; Stanley carries Zero
Kate becomes an outlaw; Stanley is arrested; Elya breaks his promise; Stanley carries Zero
14. Stanley and Zero spend a night surrounded by deadly yellow-spotted lizards but are not bitten. What protection does the novel imply they have?
Their lack of movement makes the lizards unable to detect them
The onion odor on their bodies repels the lizards
The spring water has made them immune to the venom
The Warden previously trained the lizards not to attack campers
15. What hole is each camper generally required to dig every day?
A hole as deep as the camper’s shovel and three feet across
A circular hole six feet deep and six feet across
A trench five feet long but only two feet deep
A hole five feet deep and five feet across
16. How does the camp’s official explanation for digging differ from its real purpose?
The camp claims to be searching for water but is actually expanding its buildings
The camp claims the holes are punishment but is actually studying desert wildlife
The camp says digging prevents escape, while the Warden is really looking for oil
The camp says digging builds character, while the Warden is really searching for buried treasure