Holes 4H

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Holes 

Questions booklet

Read part 1 and 2

What can you say about the surroundings of camp green lake?

Is Camp Green Lake a good name for this camp?

Why will campers sometimes permit themselves to be bitten by a rattlesnake of scorpion?

Why are there always campers?

What choices did the judge give Stanley?

Read part 3 and 4

Why did Stanley have a box of stationary?

How do we know that Stanley was very unhappy at home?

How did Mrs Bell inadvertently embarrass Stanley?

Briefly explain the curse of the one-legged Gypsy.

Why did Stanley's apartment smell of burning rubber and foot odor?

What did everyone in the family like about Stanley Yelnat's name?

How did the guard wish to be addressed by Stanley?

What instructions did the guard give to Stanley concerning digging?

According to Mr. Sir why did none of the campers attempt to escape despite the facts that there were no fences or guard towers?

Complete the letter to Mrs. Yelnats from Stanley. Take a picture and add it below.

Read part 7

In chapter 7, the reader learns about Stanley's great-great grandfather, Elya Yelnats, from...

1. Hungary
2. Lisbon
3. Latvia

Elya fell in ... with Myra Menke.

1. love
2. war
3. live
4. married

Two men went to Myra's father to ask for her hand in ...

1. the farm
2. marriage
3. love

Elya went to Madame Zeroni for help. Madame Zeroni told him Myra's head was "as empty as a..."

1. pig
2. hole
3. flowerpot

Madame Zeroni agreed to help Elya Every day he had to take the pig up to the ... Let it drink and sing to hime.

1. mountain
2. desert
3. camp

In return Madame Zeroni wanted to be carried up to the mountain. If Elya did not do this for her, he would be...

1. failed
2. married
3. cursed

Because Elya didn't walk the pig up the mountain the day of Myra's fifteenth birtday the pigs weighed the...

Myra chose __________________ as her husband. Elya left and went to America on a _________________. On the way, he remembered he didn’t take Madame Zeroni up the mountain. When he got to America, he fell in love with Sarah Miller but _______________ luck seemed to follow him everywhere.

1. Describe Stanley’s attempts at digging his hole.

2. What will happen if Stanley digs up something interesting?

3. What are some of the problems Stanley encounters while he digs?

4. How does Stanley feel when he finally finishes his hole?

5. What does Elya Yelnats want and what does he have to do to get it?

6. How does Madame Zeroni help Elya? What does Elya have to do?

7. What does Madame Zeroni ask for in return? What will happen if Elya doesn’t return the favor?

8. Why does Elya tell Myra to marry Igor?

9. What happens to Elya?

10. Do you think that Stanley’s family is cursed? Explain your answer.

Film

The Plot

exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution

Identify the five stages of the plot in the following example

Scott wants to be on the football team, but he’s worried he won’t make the team. He spends weeks working out as hard as possible, preparing for try outs. At try outs, he amazes coaches with his skill as a quarterback. They ask him to be their starting quarterback that year and give him a jersey. Scott leaves the field, ecstatic!