What options does the judge give Stanley in holes?

What options does the judge give Stanley in holes?

Stanley Yelnats, the protagonist, thinks that Camp Green Lake will be like a summer camp. He has never been to summer camp because his family is poor, so when he is tried for a crime and the judge tells him he can either go to the camp or to jail, he chooses Camp Green Lake.

What does Stanley learn that he will be doing everyday?

What does Stanley learn that he will be doing every day? He will be digging a hole 5ft wide and 5 ft. deep everyday in the hot sun.

How does Stanley almost get in a fight?

Stanley almost gets into a fight with Zigzag after Zigzag shoves him and he tries to retaliate. Mr. Pendanski sees Zigzag shoving Stanley and tells Stanley to hit back. Stanley tries to fight back, but Zigzag ends up on top of him.

Why did Stanley have a box of stationery?

Why did Stanley have a box of stationary? To write to his parents every week. How do we know that Stanley was very unhappy at home? Stanley had no friends and his classmates where making fun of his size.

What caused the smile to disappear from Zero’s face?

What caused the smile to disappear on Zero’s face? Mr. Pendanski began to show his true colors.

What is the curse of the one legged Gypsy?

(a) The one legged Gypsy curse is the unfortunate incident that befell Stanley’s great-great-grandfather after he had allegedly stolen a pig from the Gypsy. The curse was then placed on Stanley’s grandfather and all his generations to come.

Who cursed Stanley Yelnats?

Mademe Zeroni (1750s-1848), is Zero (Hector Zeroni)’s great great great grandmother. Madame Zeroni was the woman who cursed Elya Yelnats and his family line. She was portrayed by the late Eartha Kitt. Elya asked her help in wooing the empty-headed but beautiful Myra Menke.

Where is Stanley Yelnats family from?

Stanley Yelnats is cursed. Actually, his whole family is. It all started with his great-great-grandfather, Elya Yelnats, who offended a gypsy named Madame Zeroni when he immigrated to, or came to, America from Latvia.

How was the curse broken in holes?

Madame Zeroni placed the curse on Stanley’s great-great-grandfather for failing to carry out his promise to carry her up a specific mountain. The curse is finally broken when Stanley saves Zero’s life (as well as his own) and carries him up that particular mountain.

Who did Elya Yelnats marry?

Myra Menke

How did Kate Barlow die?

Kate dies when a yellow-spotted lizard bites her foot, but dies laughing because the Walker family will never find her treasure. The lipstick tube that Stanley finds during his second week at Camp Green Lake was owned by Kate Barlow.

Is Sam a Zeroni?

TL;DR: Trout Walker killed Sam, which brought on a gypsy curse to dry up Green Lake and torment the Walker family until justice was served, because Sam is the son of Madam Zeroni. He could have had children or maybe Madam Zeroni had more than one child not mentioned.

Is Hector Zeroni related to Madame Zeroni?

Character information Hector’s great-great-great-grandmother, Madame Zeroni, was a one-legged gypsy. She was the woman who placed a curse on Stanley Yelnats’ family because Stanley’s great-great grandfather Elya did not fulfill his end of the bargain with her.

Who killed Sam holes?

Trout Walker

Is Kissin Kate Barlow a real person?

Miss Katherine Barlow, (1860s-1920), also known as Kissin’ Kate Barlow, was a former teacher, turned outlaw at Green Lake, Texas.

Who did Kissin Kate Barlow kill?

For the next twenty years Kissin’ Kate Barlow was one of the most feared outlaws in all the West. Katherine Barlow’s fair and rational nature changes when townspeople kill her beloved Sam simply because of his race and love for her.

Is holes a true story?

No, Holes is not a true story. It is a fictional novel for children and young adults.

Who does Kissin Kate Barlow first kiss as an outlaw?

Three days later, Kate shoots the Sheriff and gives him the kiss he asked for the day Sam was killed. She then became the infamous outlaw, “Kissin’ Kate Barlow” (she only kissed the people she killed).

Why did the sheriff want to kill Sam?

She saw Kate Barlow kissing Sam the Onion Man. Why does the Sheriff want Sam to die? Because he doesn’t believe Sam, a black man, should be with Kate, a white woman.

What happened to Zero’s mother in the book holes?

His mother, Mrs Zeroni, accidentally left him at Laney Park, and he waited for weeks for her to come back. Mrs Zeroni was looking for Hector, but Hector did not know this. In fact, Hector did not know if she was alive or not.