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Name_____________________________ Date________________________

True or False: Write T for True or F for False for each statement.

______ Stanley did not have to go to Camp Green Lake.

______ Stanley's family was wealthy prior to his confinement at Camp Green Lake.

______ Zero was the leader of the boys at Camp Green Lake.

______ Each of the boys at Camp Green Lake had to dig five holes per week.

______ X-Ray wants Stanley to teach him to read.

______ Stanley's first "find" is a fossil.

______ Sam is killed for kissing Kate.

______ Armpit helps Stanley dig his hole each day.

______ Stanley is guilty of stealing the shoes.

______ The one rule at Camp Green Lake is "Don't get bit by a lizard."

Sequencing: Place the following events in order by placing numbers 1-5 in the blanks.

______ Stanley is arrested.

______ Stanley agrees to teach Zero to read.

______ Stanley digs his first hole.

______ Stanley finds a gold tube.

_______ Stanley meets Mr. Sir

Vocabulary: Match the word to its definition

_______ incarcerated

_______ authenticated

_______ refuge

_______ protruding

_______ despicable

_______ scarcity

a. Stick out

b. A rarity; very small supply

c. Imprisoned or locked up

d. Proved that something is real or

genuine

e. Look down on; greatly disliked

f. A place that provides protection

Cause and Effect: Understanding cause and effect relationships are important to comprehension when reading. Look at the examples of cause-and-effect relationships below, then match the cause to the effect.

Cause Effect

The student studied very hard The student earned an A on the test.

The student did not study. The student failed the test.

Causes:

_____ Magnet steals Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds.

_____ The Warden scratches Mr. Sir.

_____ Stanley agrees to teach Zero to read.

_____ Stanley's g.g. grandfather did not honor

his promise.

_____ Stanley was caught with stolen shoes.

_____ Stanley gives X-Ray the gold tube he finds

_____ Stanley is overweight

_____ Stanley does not want his mother to worry.

_____ Zero digs part of Stanley's hole each day.

_____ Stanley digs a hole every day.

Effects:

A. Mr. Sir does not give Stanley any water.

B. Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake.

C. Stanley does not have many friends

D. Stanley writes home and lies.

E. Stanley's family is cursed with bad luck.

F. The other boys in Group D harass Stanley.

G. Stanley is taken to see the Warden.

H. Stanley moves up a place in the water line.

I. Stanley and Zero become friends.

J. Stanley becomes stronger.

What season does HOLES take place?

A) Spring

B) Summer

C) Fall

D) Winter

Stanley's great-great-grandfather is known as:

A)"no-good-old-smelly-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather

B) a "no-good-dirty-rotten-donkey-stealing-great-great-grandfather

C) a "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather

D) a "no-good-dirty-rotten-horse-whipping-great-great-grandfather

Camp Green Lake is located in:

A) Arizona

B) Oklahoma

C) New Mexico

D) Texas

The name Stanley Yelnats is an example of:

A) an antonym

B) a synonym

C) a homonym

D) a palindrome

Warden's red fingernail polish has ___________ in it.

A) strawberries

B) blood

C) rattlesnake venom

D) onions

The name on the

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