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HOLES
Chapters 1-3
1. What is the first revelation of the book? (Hint: it comes in the first sentence.)
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2. Who owns the shade at Camp Green Lake?
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3. Identify 4 details of the setting listed on page one.
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4. What is the worst thing that can happen to a person at Camp Green Lake?
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5. Who gets sent to Camp Green Lake?
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6. Do you think its true that digging holes can turn a bad person into a good
one? Explain.
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7. State 3 things you have learned about Stanley so far in the novel.
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8. How was he embarrassed by his teacher on the last day of school?
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9. Who supposedly is to blame for Stanleys bad luck in being convicted of a
crime?
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10.Explain the curse from the one-legged gypsy.
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11.Why is Stanley Yelnats name so interesting?
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12.According to Stanley Yelnats III, what makes a successful inventor?
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13.Stanley Yelnats III also states I learn from failure, (pg 9). What do you think
this means?
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14.Who supposedly robbed the stagecoach of the first Stanley Yelnats?
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15.Why did the Yelnats apartment smell of food odor and burning rubber?
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