Activities 3.9 and 3.10

Assessment Practice

1.Which detail from the passage is the BEST example of an action that helps show Stanley as a trusting character?A. “Stanley was sitting ten rows back handcuffed to his armrest.” B.“Now Stanley tried to pretend that he was going to Camp Fun and Games.” C. “He was overweight and the kids at his middle school often teased him about his size.” D. “Stanley was not a bad kid.”

B.“Now Stanley tried to pretend that he was going to Camp Fun and Games.”

This statement shows that Stanley trusts the court to send him to a decent place. He doesn’t consider that he is going to the camp for a punishment so it probably won’t be very nice.

2.Which quotation BEST shows when Stanley first understands that he has been fooled?

A. “You may go to jail, or you may go to Camp Green Lake." B. “Stanley looked out the dirty window. He couldn’t see a lake. And hardly anything was green.”C. “Stanley felt somewhat dazed as the guard unlocked his handcuffs and led him off the bus." D. “”You’re not in the Girl Scouts anymore.”

B. “Stanley looked out the dirty window. He couldn’t see a lake. And hardly anything

was green.”

This is probably the earliest point in the story when the image of camp in Stanley’s mind doesn’t match what he sees when he arrives.

3. Jamal is writing an analytical paragraph examining Stanley’s character. Read the topic sentence and supporting textual evidence for his paragraph.

Stanley is a gullible character. For example, when Stanley is given the choice to go to jail or to Camp Green Lake, he chooses Camp Green Lake because he imagines himself making friends and having fun.

Which sentence of commentary would be the BEST to add to this paragraph to further the writer’s analysis?

A. Stanley is obviously gullible. B. Stanley’s choice shows that he is afraid to go to jail. Anybody would have made the same choice.C. Stanley’s choice shows that he didn’t think about the consequences. Why would the judge reward him by sending him to a traditional summer camp?D. This proves that Stanley believes only the positive side of things.

C is the best choice – it explains how Stanley is gullible by not

thinking about the choices he was given.

4.Read the sentence from the passage.“Stanley could see some kids dressed in orange and carrying shovels dragging themselves back to the tent.”What verb would BEST replace the word dragging while still expressing a vivid action? A. depressed B. movingC. skipping D. hauling

D. hauling

• This word means nearly the same as dragging, it is an action, and it puts a more vivid image in the reader’s mind than the other choices.

5. Read this last portion of dialogue.Here’s a good rule to remember about rattlesnakes and scorpions: If you don’t bother them, they won’t bother you. Usually.Being bitten by a scorpion or even a rattlesnake is not the worst thing that can happen to you. You won’t die.Usually.

Which of these statements describes how the narrator’s voice relates to the audience and purpose?

• A. The narrator’s serious voice suggests that Camp Green Lake is dangerous.

• B. The narrator’s sad voice communicates that you will regret leaving camp.

• C. The narrator’s mature voice tells readers this camp will be one of the most interesting experiences in life.

• D. Thenarrator’s cheerful voice conveys the message to not be afraid to try new things.

A. The narrator’s serious voice suggests that Camp Green Lake is

dangerous.

• The way the narrator follows up the statements with “usually” show that there are dangers here. A serious voice is used to demonstrate those dangers.

6.Read the paragraph from the passage.“Stanley looked at the cot and nodded. He wasn’t particularly thrilled about sleeping in the same cot that had been used by somebody named Barf Bag.”

Which words BEST help the reader understand what cot means?

• A. nodded• B. particularly thrilled• C. sleeping• D. Barf Bag

C. sleeping

• Although all the words may give some hint at why Stanley is concerned, sleeping is the biggest hint that a cot is a small bed.

7. Which would be the BEST thesis statement for a literary analysis essay about Stanley’s character traits?

A. Stanley chose to go to Camp Green Lake instead of jail.

B. Stanley is a very trusting character which sometimes gets him into trouble.

C. Stanley has a unique attitude. D. Holes is a novel about a character named

Stanley Yelnats who reminds me of myself.

B.Stanley is a very trusting character which sometimes gets him into trouble.

This is the only statement that gives a character trait for Stanley. It would allow the reader to provide evidence from the text showing how Stanley was sometimes too trusting and commentary to explain how this led to trouble for him in the story.