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Holes
Trailblazers · 4th–6th
But those changes are subtle and hard to measure. There is no simple answer.
Read the passage aloud. What does the second sentence do after the first?
Narration Tell back what happens in this chapter, from the closing of the camp to the song at the party.
1. The narrator calls the details tedious and then skips them. Why might the author speak to the reader this way?Author's choice
2. Stanley’s mother says there was never a curse, and the narrator then points to a matter of timing. What do you make of that?Inference
3. At the party, Stanley shrugs one shoulder, looks uncertain and blushes. What does that show about how he has, or has not, changed?Character
4. The people at Stanley’s house cheer, as if the run in the commercial really counted. What mood do you hear in that cheering?Tone
5. Stanley spends his share on a house with a laboratory, and Hector on private investigators. Which choice tells us more about the boy who made it?Theme
Make a Connection Tell about a story you know that ended and left you wondering what came next.
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those changes are subtle
hard to measure
the answers tend to be long and tedious
everyone gasped at the sparkling jewels
the jewels were of poor quality
a lot more valuable than the jewels
her skin had a weathered look to it
Her eyes seemed weary
Stanley looked uncertainly at his hand
1. At first everyone gasps at the jewels in the suitcase. Using two pieces of evidence, explain how the suitcase turns out to be both less and more than they hoped.
2. A woman in the chair is fluffing Hector’s hair. Using two pieces of evidence, explain what the chapter shows about her, and what it does not say.
3. The Attorney General closes Camp Green Lake. Using two pieces of evidence, explain what happens to the place and to Ms. Walker.