Holes Chapters 11-15 Questions

Please respond to the following questions:

1.  What does it mean when Zero says he likes to dig holes?  What does this say about his future?
2.  Why does Stanley begin to lose track of days, time, and the number of holes?
3.  What does it say about Stanley that he thinks the Warden might cover for him with X-Ray?
4.  What do you think Stanley will have to do to continue to move up the line?
5.  Why does Stanley now feel as if he is in the right place at the right time?

Holes Chapters 9-10 Questions

Please respond to the following questions.
1.  Why do they tell Stanley that the second hole is harder than the first?
2.  Why is it important that we are told the boys destroyed the wreck room?
3.  Why does Stanley write and tell his mother he has been swimming?
4.  Why do you think the boys nicknamed Stanley "Caveman"?
5.  Why does Stanley hate the sun?
6.  Why do you think X-ray wants Stanley to give him whatever he finds in the future?

Holes Chapter 8 Questions

Please respond to the questions from Chapter 8.

1.  Why doesn't Stanley accept Mr. Pendanski's offer to give him a ride back to the compound?
2.  Why does Stanley feel so proud of his hole?
3.  What does the following sentence mean: "A lot of people don't believe in yellow-spotted lizards either, but if one bites you, it doesn't make a difference whether you believe in it or not"?
4. Why do you think the lizards are mentioned so many times?
5.  Why are we told that the lizards eat sunflower seeds?

***NOTE: There is a QUIZ on Chapters 1-8, tomorrow, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23rd-STUDY!!***

Holes Chapter 6-7 Questions

Please respond to each question and to at least one of your classmates' posts.

1.  What is most upsetting to Stanley about his trial?  Why?
2.  Why did Stanley think the sneakers were a "gift from God" when he first found them?
3.  What advice does Stanley's mother offer Stanley at his trial?  Is this how you would advise Stanley?  Why or why not?
4.  Describe the family curse of the Yelnats?  Do you believe this curse was the reason for Stanley's conviction?  Do you believe it to be true for his father's failed inventions?  Explain.
5.  Why was it harder for Stanley to dig than it was for the other boys?
6.  What is the ritual that each boy does after digging their hole?  Why do you think that is?  Explain.

Holes Chapters 4-5

Questions for Chapters 4-5
Please respond to each and comment on at least two of your classmates' posts.

1.  What does Stanley's response to the sign about Texas Penal Code violations reveal about him?
2.  How did Camp Green Lake differ from Stanley's idea of camp?  Explain.
3.  Why doesn't Camp Green Lake have a fence or guard towers?
4.  Do you think Stanley will run away?  Would you?
5.  Does Stanley do the right thing when he chooses not to explain his innocence to Mr. Pendanski?  Why or why not?
6.  Why do you think the boys' nicknames are so important to them? 
7.  Why do you think some of the boys call Mr. Pendanski "Mom"?

Please REREAD Chapters 1-5 and be ready for a quiz on MONDAY!!!

Holes Chapters 1-3 Questions

Chapters 1-3 Questions

Please respond to each one for homework.

1.  Why do you think the boys have to dig holes in the bed of the lake?

2.  Why does the narrator feel you might as well lie in a hammock if you are bitten by a yellow-spotted   lizard?

3.  Why do people end up at Camp Green Lake?

4.  What does Stanley say about his conviction?

5. What does the "If Only" song tell you about Stanley's father?

6.  Why is it strange that Stanley's father is an inventor?  Who does he blame for his failed experiments?