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HOLESQUESTIONS HolesChapters 1-2 (Lesson 11.1) After you are done reading, write or type your responses to these questions: What is the setting of this story (time, place and mood). It took place on the prison bus on the way to Camp Green Lake. This is a place they sent bad kids instead of prison. This was a camp years ago but now the lake dried up as well as all the people and fun. It is now a place for discipline and hole digging. What is the worst thing that can happen to a camper? The worst things that could happen would be the physical labor in the hot sun with no shade killing them or the yellow-spotted lizard. They could starve or die from no water and being in the heat working. Is Camp Green Lake a real camp? Is it on a lake?Why is this important to the story? Camp Green Lake is not a real kids camp. It is a place where kids go when they are bad. They are sent there instead of jail. They spend all day doing physical labor of digging holes.There is no lake anymore, it dried up years ago. This is all important because it sets the mood and setting of the story. HolesChapter 3 After you are done reading, write or type your responses to these questions: Briefly explain the curse of the one-legged Gypsy. The curse is from Stanley’s Great- Great grandfather who stole a pig from a one-legged. So now whenever something bad happens they all say it was because of their great great grandfather. What happened to Stanley’s great-grandfather’s fortune? Was he lucky or unlucky? Stanley’s great-grandfather lost all his fortune when he moved from New York to California when his stagecoach was robbed. Before this he was lucky with the stock market.He was lucky to be alive because the robber was the famous Kate Barlow who usually kills those she robs. HolesChapter 4 After you are done reading, write or type your response to this question: According to Mr. Sir, why did none of the campers attempt to escape despite the fact
that there were no fences or guard towers? Anyone who ran away wouldn’t find water to live for over a hundred miles. Also given about three days they would become buzzard food. HolesChapter 5 After you are done reading, write or type your responses to these questions: Who is one of the important characters in this story? Describe him or her. Stanley was the most important character in the book. He is new to Camp Green Lake and is learning what is going to be like there. He is meeting all the other boys there and learning how things work. According to Counselor Pendanski, what one rule should Stanley always remember? He said to never upset the warden and always dig your hole. Once that is done the day is your. You will not be babysat either. HolesChapters 6 and 7 After you are done reading, write or type your responses to these questions: Why do the boys call Mr. Pendanski “Mom”? How does his nickname fit his personality? The boys call Mr. Pendanski “mom” because he actually has a good heart and cares for the boys in the same ways a mothers does.
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