The narration shifts again to Stanley and Zero who spend two days eating onions and drinking dirty water from pools of mud. Stanley heads back down the mountain to find
the shovel and jars
he left behind. He is stunned at the distance that he covered while carrying Zero.
What food does Stanley find at the top of the mountain?
He is willing to do whatever he can to save him and to his surprise there is water on top of the mountain. They even find
onions
, which of course save their lives later on when they dig their last hole and that’s when they find the treasure. Stanley’s curse and friendship help build his character.
What did zero confess to Stanley at the top of the mountain?
Stanley lifts Zero and carries him farther up the mountain, leaving the shovel and jars behind. … He wants to go back down the mountain to find the shovel and jars. Zero is still very sick and in his delirium confesses to Stanley that it was he, Zero, who
stole Clyde Livingston’s shoes
.
What food do Stanley and Zero live on when they are on the mountain?
Stanley and Zero ate
sweet onions
that were still growing by the spring – the onions fixing the illness caused by Hector Zeroni’s 100-year-old Sploosh – and drank the water from the spring, as Stanley sang the pig lullaby.
What did Stanley discover about zero?
Stanley begins to teach Zero the alphabet and discovers
that Zero is very good at math
. Zero says he knows everyone thinks he is stupid but that really he just doesn’t like answering questions.
Why does Stanley suddenly calls zero Hector?
Hector Zeroni, (b-1984), is a camper at Camp Green Lake. There he got the nickname Zero (
Due to the fact that he was assumed unintelligent
, and may have been related to his last name.) He is the deuteragonist of Holes.
Why does Stanley dig one more hole?
Why does Stanley want to dig one more hole?
Stanley wanted to find the chest with the treasure in it
. Why did Zero fill the bottom of their hole with rocks? So he could separate the water from the mud.
Why didn’t the yellow spotted lizards bite Stanley and Zero?
Stanley Yelnats IV and Zero (Hector Zeroni) were both saved by that fact
after eating a large number of onions
, the same method Sam used, resulting in them smelling of onions. This prevented the lizards from biting them, due to the fact that they hate onion blood.
Why did Elya leave the pig?
Why did Elya leave the pig and walk away distraught?
He was hurt that Myra didn’t love him enough to pick him. He wanted to go to America. He was going to take Madam Zeroni up the mountain.
Is God’s thumb a real mountain?
God’s Thumb is
a fictional rock formation on top of a mountain
that is part of the plot of the 2003 live-action film, Holes.
How did Stanley survive zero?
Zero has passed out and
Stanley leaves the shovel and jars on the ground so
that he can carry Zero up the mountain. There is a bitter smell in the air and mud on the ground when Stanley reaches the top of the mountain. Stanley realizes that mud means there is water nearby and this renews his strength.
What scares Stanley the most about dying?
“What scared Stanley the most about dying wasn’t his actual death.
He figured he could handle the pain
. … What worried him the most was the thought of his parents not knowing what happened to him, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.
Why did Zero avoid the homeless shelters?
Why did Zero avoid the homeless shelters? The people at
the homeless shelters asked a lot of questions and Zero was afraid they would make him a ward of the state if they had discovered that he didn’t have a mother
. You just studied 8 terms!
The fact that Zero’s real name is Hector Zeroni reveals another relation:
Zero is a descendent of Madame Zeroni
, the gypsy who may have put a curse on Stanley’s great-great-grandfather.
Is the warden in holes Kissin Kate Barlow?
| Characters | Camp Green Lake Staff The Warden (Louise Walker) • Mr. Sir (Marion Sevillo) • Mr. Pendanski (Mom) | Early Green Lake Kissin’ Kate Barlow (Katherine Barlow) • Sam • Charles “Trout” Walker |
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Why does Stanley lie about stealing the seeds?
Why does Stanley lie about stealing the seeds? What is his punishment?
He lies so the other boys will respect him. He has no punishment
.
