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Vocabulary
Reading
Holes
Grammar
General
100
What is the symbol for society?
The index and middle finger walking across the palm of your hand.
100
What are character traits?
Character traits are descriptive words that tell how the character thinks, feels, or acts.
100
Who supplies the boys with water?
Mr. Pendanski or Mr. Sir
100
What is an interrogative sentence?
A sentence that ask a question and ends with a question mark.
100
What university is the closest to Kansas City?
UMKC
200
What does grimace mean?
A look of disgust.
200
What is evidence?
The clues that support character traits or inferences.
200
How many miles away were the characters in "Holes" from the nearest water source?
100
200
What is a declarative sentence?
A sentence with a statement that ends with a period.
200
What was the name of the camp Stanley is at?
Camp Green Lake
300
What does proximate mean?
To position yourself close to someone or something.
300
What is inference?
A conclusion reached based on evidence from a story.
300
Why wouldn't Myra's father exchange his daughter with Elya at the beginning?
Elya didn't have anything to exchange, he only had love, and that wasn't enough.
300
Write the following sentence correctly: when i get home i goin read my faverit book
When I get home I'm going to read my favorite book.
300
Why did it seem Elya experienced bad luck everywhere he went?
He was cursed, because he forgot to keep his promise to a gypsy.
400
What does predatory mean?
To prey on a weaker species.
400
Why do good readers use inference?
Good readers use inference to help them better understand what they are reading.
400
What is Elya's wife's name in America?
Sarah Miller
400
What type of sentence is this?
Interrogative sentence
400
How much was the estimated worth of the shoes Stanley supposedly stole?
$5,000.00
500
What does sprawled mean?
To lay out with your hands and legs spread out.
500
Why did Elya leave Latvia and head to America?
He was sad because Myra hadn't selected him to be her partner, and he remembered Madame Zeroni's suggestion.
500
Who was Elya trying to find when he first made it to America?
Madame Zeroni's grandson.
500
Correct this sentence: Thoe I hait going to thee park today was a rather beutiful day to be out
Though I hate going to the park, today was a rather beautiful day to be out. (missing the comma is acceptable.)
500
What is "Armpit's", a character from Holes, real name?
Theodore