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Quiz about Holes by Louis Sachar
Quiz about Holes by Louis Sachar

15 Question Kids Quiz: "Holes" by Louis Sachar | Kid Lit Authors


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A multiple-choice quiz by Buddy1. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Buddy1
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
300,693
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
11 / 15
Plays
710
Last 3 plays: Guest 72 (8/15), Guest 107 (12/15), Guest 67 (11/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. Whose ethnicity is Hispanic? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. What nickname does Hector have? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. What is X-Ray's real name? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Why was Stanley given the first name of Stanley? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Why did Hattie Parker tell Miss Katherine 'God will punish you'? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Who stole Clyde "Sweet Feet" Livingston's shoes? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Which word did Zero mispronounce when asked by the Warden? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. If there was a curse on the Yelnats family, how was it broken? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. From whom was the Warden descended? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. How was Stanley different from other bad boys? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. What was the boat "Mary Lou" named after? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Who was the first to arrive at Camp Green Lake? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. What happened when Stanley tried to steal the water truck, when he decided to go look for Zero? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Who made several references to the Girl Scouts? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Which is not a nickname given? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Whose ethnicity is Hispanic?

Answer: Magnet

Magnet is Hispanic. X-Ray, Armpit, and Zero are black. Caveman, Zigzag, and Squid are white. Caveman was happy there were no racial problems at Camp Green Lake.
2. What nickname does Hector have?

Answer: Zero

Hector is called Zero. He said everyone called him that even before coming to Camp Green Lake. Even Mr. Pendanski, who usually calls everyone by their legal name, called Zero by his nickname.
3. What is X-Ray's real name?

Answer: Rex

Rex is called X-Ray, because X-Ray is Pig Latin for Rex. It has nothing to do with his eyesight. In fact, X-Ray mentioned he has poor eyesight.
4. Why was Stanley given the first name of Stanley?

Answer: Stanley is Yelnats spelled backwards.

Sarah Miller, wife of Elya Yelnats, was the first to notice this. Since then, every descendant has been given the name Stanley. The full name of the Stanley that is the main character of the story is Stanley Yelnats IV.
5. Why did Hattie Parker tell Miss Katherine 'God will punish you'?

Answer: She kissed a black man.

Approximately 110 years ago, when this flashback took place, blacks were looked down upon. Katherine was to be hung but she escaped and later became known as the outlaw Kissin' Kate Barlow.
6. Who stole Clyde "Sweet Feet" Livingston's shoes?

Answer: Zero

Zero thought it was just a pair of old shoes. He got rid of them and, according to Stanley, hit him on the head. Stanley was accused of stealing the shoes which led to him being sent to Camp Green Lake.
7. Which word did Zero mispronounce when asked by the Warden?

Answer: hat

Zero pronounced it "chat". The counselors made fun of him for this and being stupid. Eventually, Zero hit Mr. Pendanski with a shovel and ran away.
8. If there was a curse on the Yelnats family, how was it broken?

Answer: having a Yelnats carry a Zeroni up a mountain

It supposedly started when Elya Yelnats forgot to carry Madam Zeroni up the mountain. Instead, Elya became a deck hand. He also didn't carry the pig up the mountain on Myra Menke's 15th birthday. However, he chose not to do this whereas he forgot to carry Madam Zeroni.
9. From whom was the Warden descended?

Answer: "Trout" Walker

Charles "Trout" Walker tried to find the money that Kissin' Kate Barlow buried but was unsuccessful. For generations, his family tried to find this treasure. The Warden turned the land into a camp for bad boys whom she used to find the treasure, even though the boys were told they were doing it to build character.
10. How was Stanley different from other bad boys?

Answer: He had an option: jail or Camp Green Lake

Stanley came from a poor family. Since he never went to camp before, he chose to go to camp, even though it was different than normal summer camps.
11. What was the boat "Mary Lou" named after?

Answer: mule

It was named after a mule owned by Sam, the onion man. The mule was about 50 years old and was with Sam until he died.
12. Who was the first to arrive at Camp Green Lake?

Answer: X-Ray

X-Ray was the first to arrive, almost a year before the story takes place. Because of this, he believed that if anybody should get a day off, it should be him. He told Stanley that if Stanley ever found something, it should be given to him. Stanley kept that promise when he found a tube with the initials KB on it.
13. What happened when Stanley tried to steal the water truck, when he decided to go look for Zero?

Answer: Stanley drove the truck into a hole.

After getting the car to drive, Stanley made the mistake of driving the truck in a hole. However, in this case, he didn't blame his "no good rotten pig stealing great-grandfather". This could be seen as Stanley's sign of changing during his time at Camp Green Lake. Later, Zigzag told Stanley that it took the boys from C, D, and E tent to lift the truck out of the hole.
14. Who made several references to the Girl Scouts?

Answer: Mr. Sir

Some of these references that Mr. Sir made were "You're not in the Girl Scouts anymore" and "This isn't the Girl Scouts". Ironically, after the attorney general shut down the camp and the Warden sold the land, Camp Green Lake was turned into a Girl Scouts camp.
15. Which is not a nickname given?

Answer: Tractor

Tractor was not one of the nicknames. Barf Bag was the nickname for Lewis, who stepped on a rattlesnake and was replaced by Stanley. Caveman was the nickname given to Stanley. Mom was the nickname given to Mr. Pendanski.
Source: Author Buddy1

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