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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Stanley returns to the camp after digging his second hole, what does he find happening?

2. Who was the first person that Kate kissed after she killed them, starting the name "Kissing Kate Barlow" and her life as an outlaw?

3. How are the boys supposed to measure the holes that they dig?

4. What does the warden poke Armpit with while he is on a bathroom break?

5. What was Kate Barlow's job in the town of Green Lake?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Stanley's second hole differ from the first?

2. How does Stanley handle the fact that he is going to Camp Green Lake?

3. Describe Camp Green Lake.

4. What is the nickname Stanley gets at Camp Green Lake, and how does he get it?

5. What is the warden's reply to Mr. Sir's accusations of Stanley stealing the sunflower seeds?

6. Why does Stanley offer to teach Zero to read?

7. What does Mr. Pendanski tell the boys during their counseling time in Part 1?

8. What happens at the beginning of the third day of digging?

9. What does Stanley say to his mother in his letters home?

10. What does Stanley begin to notice changing in himself by Part 1, Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the ways that Sam's onions helped Stanley and Zero in the book. In what ways is this different that the way they had helped the town so long ago? In what ways is it similar?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Warden's personality. Why does she treat Mr. Sir and Mr. Pendanski harshly? Does she treat the children better or the counselors?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the role Trout Walker's character played in the following:

1) The story of Kate and Sam.

2) The story of Stanley and Zero's story.

3) The book 'Holes' overall.

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