Holes part 2
Questions with •are for everyone, questions with * are optional
Chapter 28 (segment 22)
• Who else has turquoise-studded boots like Kate Barlow’s?
Chapter 29
• What happens in this chapter that makes Stanley think of his great-grandfather?
Chapter 30 (segment 23)
* Why doesn’t Stanley fight back when Zigzag taunts (teases) him?
• Describe how Zero helps Stanley when Zigzag is hitting him.
Chapter 31
• Why doesn’t Stanley go after Zero?
*What is the Warden planning to do if Zero doesn’t come back?
Chapter 32
• What happens when Stanley steals the pick up truck?
Chapter 33 (segment 26)
• What makes him(Stanley)run for his life in this chapter?
Chapter 34
• Whatdoes Stanley find in the desert?
*How do you think it got there?
Chapter 35 (segment 27)
• What is Sploosh?
Chapter 36 (segment 28)
• What does Stanley do to help Zero focus on something while they are climbing?
Chapter 37 (segment 29)
• Why do you think Stanley suddenly calls Zero Hector?
Chapter 38 (segment 30)
• What does Stanley find in the mountains?
* In what ways are these findings connected to the earlier stories about Elya and Kate and Sam?
Chapter 39
• Why do you think Zero chooses this moment to confess aboutthe stolen shoes?
Chapter 40 (segment 31)
• Why is Stanley surprised to find the sack of jars and the shovel so far down the mountain?
Chapter 41 (segment 32)
• Zero slowly gets better. What different things cure him?
Chapter 42
** Stanley believes it was his destiny to be hit by those fallingshoes. What’s the difference between coincidence and destiny?
• Why does Stanley want to dig one more hole?
Chapter 43
• What points can you pick out about Zero’s upbringing?
*When he hears Zero’s stories, how does Stanley feel about his own family? How do these stories make you feel?
Chapter 44 (segment 37)
• What do the boys find in the hole?
* How do you think Stanley and Zero feel when the Warden confronts them?
Chapter 45
• What do you learn about the Warden in this chapter?
*How does this influence your feelings about her?
Chapter 46 (segment 37)
• What does Mr Sir tell Stanley?
* Why do you think Zero gives Stanley the thumbs-up sign?
Chapter 47
• The Warden’s name is Walker; who else in the story has the same last name?
* Why might this be important?
Chapter 48
• Why won’t Stanley leave without Hector?
Chapter 49 (segment 40)
• Why don’t the boys get bitten by the lizards in the hole?
Chapter 50 (segment 41)
• How has Stanley changed in the course of the story? Do youthink Stanley had a “hole” in his life before attending CampGreen Lake?