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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. In Part 2, Chapter 35, what does Stanley tell Zero that they need to do?

2. What injury does Zero incur while trying to help Stanley up the side of the mountain?

3. What do the warden and other counselors do when they see the boys covered by deadly creatures in the hole?

4. What did Kate Barlow find left of the town of Green Lake 20 years after the death of Sam?

5. What fills some of the holes that Stanley jumps over while walking through the desert alone after the water truck incident?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Stanley want to go back to camp so badly after finding Zero in the desert?

2. After recovering on top of the mountain, what do Zero and Stanley plan to do?

3. What does Stanley learn about Zero's past?

4. What happens when Zero & Stanley return to camp from the mountain?

5. Explain how it changes Stanley's situation that Zero is digging for Stanley an hour out of every day?

6. What happened when Trout came back to Green Lake?

7. What happens when Stanley and Zero are able to make it to the top of the mountain?

8. What happens after Mr. Sir has filled Stanley's canteen for the first time?

9. What does Mr. Pendanski say happened when the other couselors and the warden come to investigate the fight between Stanley and Zigzag?

10. What stops the warden from taking the metal case from Zero and Stanley?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the relationship between Stanley Yelnats and his family. How does this relationship differ from the other kids shown at camp? In what way could Stanley's family relationship have been better?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the importance that race plays for the characters in the book. In what ways is Sam and Kate's struggle with racism similar to that of the problem that Zero and Stanley face while at camp? In what ways is it different?

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