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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. Why does Stanley decide to make the deal with X-Ray to give him anything he finds?

2. What does the warden have Mr. Pendanski do to punish him for not obeying her without question?

3. What does X-Ray do the next morning when Stanley tries to talk about the objective he found digging on the third day?

4. Where did X-Ray get his nickname?

5. Why does Stanley try to keep to himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what the routine is like at Camp Green Lake.

2. What happens when Magnet steals Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds?

3. What does Zero want from Stanley?

4. What happens to Stanley when the boys are all digging in one giant hole?

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

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

7. What does Stanley find while digging on his second day?

8. What does Stanley suddenly realize about the initials on the tube of lipstick that X-Ray gave to the warden?

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

10. What happens during the digging the day after X-Ray supposedly had found the lipstick tube?

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

Stanley Yelnats has been sent to Camp Green Lake although he did nothing wrong. How would the story have changed, and the reader's perception changed, had Stanley been guilty of a crime?

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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