| Name ___________________ | Date ____________________ |
| Reading : Holes | Chapters 43-50 |
Vocabulary
1. evict |
| 2. inexplicable |
| 3. retrieve |
| 4. adjacent |
| 5. sliver |
| 6. budge |
| 7. precarious |
| 8. pry |
| 9. wedge |
| 10. suppress |
| 11. frantically |
| 12. initiate |
| 13. perched |
| 14. strenuous |
| 15. authenticated |
| 16. detainee |
| 17. jurisdiction |
| 18. pursuant |
| 19. incarcerated |
| 20. tedious |
Discussion Questions
| 1. What did Stanley learn about Zero's childhood? |
| 2. What was the plan once Stanley and Zero returned to Camp Green Lake? |
| 3. Why do you think the mother chased Zero away from the birthday party? |
| 4. What did Stanley unearth in the hole he was digging? |
| 5. What kept the Warden from grabbing the "treasure" from Zero? |
| 6. What was Stanley standing in? |
| 7. What memory did Stanley think about to get his mind off the immediate danger he was in? |
| 8. What made the lizards move off of Stanley's boy and go deeper into the hole? |
| 9. Who were the two strangers who approached the group around the hole? |
| 10. What charges did the attorney threaten to file if any harm same to Stanley? |
| 11. What was the Warden's excuse for not releasing Stanley to his attorney the day before? |
| 12. Whose name was on the suitcase that Stanley found? |
| 13. Why did the Attorney General allow Zero to go with Stanley and his attorney? |
| 14. Why didn't the lizards bite Stanley or Zero? |
| 15. How was Stanley's innocence finally proven? |
| 16. What did Stanley's father finally successfully invent ? How did this invention help Clyde Livingston? |
| 17. Look on page 229, paragraph two. What is the irony of the situation? |
| 18. What was in the suitcase that belonged to great-great-grandfather Yelnats? |
| 19. Who is Zero reunited with? |
