Holes Vocabulary Flashcards

It means that only the warden can lay in the shade; he is someone important.

It does not have a lake, there's hardly anything green, it has poisonous yellow spotted lizards, it is a vast wasteland, there's barely any shade, it is a camp for bad boys.

He stole a pig from a one-legged Gypsy and the family name was cursed.

<p>He is an inventor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The stock market.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was robbed by Kissin' Kate Barlow and he was cursed by a one-legged gypsy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because his father was working on recycling old sneakers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of a word within a line or section of text; authors use it to add emphasis and rhythm to their writing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Guard grunted.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rude, scary, tough, mean, very strict, gives rules clearly, likes to eat sunflower seeds since he quit smoking.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The camp is not fun, it is not easy, not for the weak, it is tough, hard work.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The camp counselor of Tent D.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Threw, grabbed, whirled, stared, terrified.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was a Major League Baseball player for the Texas Rangers who donated to a homeless shelter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He threw Stanley's notebook in the toilet.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because he saw all the other boys do it. The story said that all the boys spit in their holes when they are done.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are yellowish green, have exactly 11 hard to see spots, a scary face with red-rimmed eyes, black teeth, and white tongues; they are 6 to 10 inches long.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was hoping it would be something important so he would get the day off.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He imagines the boys in Tent D beating Derrick Dunne up; he imagines the boys from Tent D becoming his best friends and going to school together.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Zero does not like him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stanley lent X-Ray the gold tube he found and X-Ray got the day off for it; Stanley gained X-Ray's respect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The warden was a tall woman with red hair and freckles who wore a cowboy hat and black cowboy boots studded with turquoise stones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She was a villainous and menacing person.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No, because he found it and it should have been his day off, not X-Ray's.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The warden watches them all the time now. She has cameras and different places. She tells them where to dig. She has planted microphones too.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stanley thought everyone had left, but Zero was still there and had asked questions. When Stanley explained what was in the letter, Zero had no clue what it meant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To spare his mother pain and worry.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because Stanley knew there would be trouble because Magnet had stolen the sunflower seeds from Mr. Sir. The seeds spilled into Stanley's hole and Mr. Sir arrived and thought Stanley stole them, so he brought Stanley to the warden.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He found out that the gold tube he found was half of a lipstick container and he realized that instead of being in the wrong place at the wrong time he was actually in the right place at the right time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because she felt that Mr. Sir was wasting her time over something trivial; it shows us that the warden is only concerned about herself and can be very mean.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is good in math, he is very smart; he is kind, honest, and genuine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The lake was once very clear and beautiful with peach trees lining the shore; it sparkled like an emerald; there was a town around the lake.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She was a teacher; she was famous for her spiced peaches.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He attended Kate's adult classes, was the richest man in Green Lake, and wanted to marry Kate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was a black man, sold onions that were believed to heal the sick; he kissed Kate Barlow; he had a donkey named Mary Lou; he had a secret onion field; he could fix just about anything.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mr. Sir blamed Stanley for the rattlesnake venom scratches he suffered at the hands of the warden, so he refused to fill Stanley's canteen as payback.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sam's donkey.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Kate was angry because no one helped when the schoolhouse was burning down. The sheriff wanted to hang Sam for kissing her. They killed her love, Sam, in a boat crash, so she shot the sheriff and became an outlaw.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She was poisoned by a yellow spotted lizard; she died laughing because she would not tell Trout and his wife where the money was so she knew they would suffer forever not knowing where it was.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It looked as though it was a giant fist with its thumb sticking straight up.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was upset because Stanley wouldn't take his cookie when he wanted him to and he thought Stanley was putting dirt in his side of the hole.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He told Zero how stupid he was and that all he would ever be good for is digging holes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He knows a lot about cars; he really twitches when he sees a nice car; he went to Camp Green Lake for stealing a car; he yells a few directions to Stanley to try to help him drive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was slushy and mushy, but still edible and tasted good; it was a muddy-looking liquid. It was jars of fermented peaches that were left there from Kate and Sam's attempt to escape. It was the celebrated spiced peaches that Katherine made.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It confirms to Stanley that it was not just him seeing the big thumb.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He uses the shovel to help him walk; he keeps getting up over and over again after he has his spells of stomach pains; after Stanley helps him up the steep ledge, Zero helps Stanley get up too.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The metaphors are 'fiery ball balancing on top of big thumb' and 'twirling a basketball.' These metaphors help us to understand exactly how hot it was.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The weeds and bugs help Stanley realize that there must be water nearby; the mud on the ground helps Stanley realize that there is water nearby and this renews his strength; the onion gave hope because it provided nourishment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He meant that he stole the shoes that Stanley was accused of stealing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hero because his onion tonic helped to heal people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nice and thankful because the onion tonic helped her daughter's fever break and healed her, and she couldn't wait to thank Sam.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nosy troublemaker because she spread the news about Sam and Catherine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He couldn't read the sign explaining whose shoes they were and he thought it was better to take a pair of old shoes than to steal a pair of new ones.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was arrested for stealing a different pair of shoes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He feels happy on the mountain because he has a new sense of himself and he likes it; he made a new friend.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He went to the same homeless shelter as Clyde Livingston once in a while; he is the great great great grandson of Madame Zeroni, who put a curse on the Yelnats; his mother left him in a park and promised to return but never did; he became a ward of the state and was homeless and lived on the streets; he could not read or write; he did not realize he was stealing; he just needed shoes; his mother used to sing the same song that Stanley sang only with different words; he remembered living in a house with a yellow room.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because she did not want the kids hanging around him because he was homeless.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He snuck to the tent to fill the jars with water from the spigot and he crept into the break room to get water and food and found Frosted Flakes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is a simile because it is comparing Zero to a statue using 'as'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because Stanley was standing on a lizard's nest.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She spent her whole childhood and adult life looking for the suitcase. She was obsessed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It proves that the lizards were hungry.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She is Stanley's father's patent attorney; a lawyer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She came to take Stanley home after freeing him with a court order.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Determined, hardworking, intelligent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The warden could not produce Zero's records to show why he was incarcerated and Stanley had become friends with Zero and refused to leave without him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They will not bite someone with onion juice in their blood.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He wants us to understand that it was Stanley and Zero's friendship that broke the curse on Stanley's family forever.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>There were a lot of jewels and many valuable deeds and stocks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was determined to find the treasure, determined to make it to Big Thumb, determined to find Zero, and determined to make it out alive. The author is trying to tell us to never give up, that no matter how hard life gets, we must keep going, and that we should always be kind and determined.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He showed perseverance, was curious, courageous, sincere, thoughtful, compassionate, showed kindness, empathy, confidence, loyalty, curiosity, integrity. Stanley went from being a shy, awkward, overweight child to being a confident, loyal, and good friend with lots of courage and compassion.</p> Signup and view all the answers