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Notes b. There are other problems with the schoolhouse which are also repaired by Sam in exchange
for peaches.
c. Peaches contain Vitamin C and Beta Carotene.
d. Eventually Sam runs out of things that need to be fixed and is heartbroken.

In Holes three stories from different times in history are
combined. As we read we learn of all three stories while
Stanley and Zero only know the small bits and pieces that
have been passed down to them. Both boys are surprised
that they know the same song, yet they do not know the
song was passed down from their ancestors living in the
same town in Latvia. Latvia is a small country in eastern
Europe. The boys could have been aided further if they
had known Kate and Sam’s story.

8. Which sentence does not belong in the paragraph?
a. In Holes three stories from different times in history are combined.
b. As we read we learn of all three stories while Stanley and Zero only know the small bits
and pieces that have been passed down to them.

c. Latvia is a small country in eastern Europe.
d. The boys could have been aided further if they had known Kate and Sam’s story.
Louis Sachar establishes links between the past and the present.
Kate turns violent when the people of Green Lake kill Sam.
When Mr. Pendanski repeatedly taunts Zero, he becomes violent.
Camp Green Lake is dry, hard, and hot. It is a physically unpleasant
place to be, and the people who live there lead unpleasant
lives. After learning that Sam uses onions to heal Becca Tennyson,
we find that Stanley is also using onions to heal Zero. We know
the yellow spotted lizard killed Kate Barlow. Will lizards also
be the end of Stanley or Zero?
9. Which sentence does not belong in the paragraph?
a. Kate turns violent when the people of Green Lake kill Sam.
b. When Mr. Pendanski repeatedly taunts Zero, he becomes violent.

c. Camp Green Lake is dry, hard, and hot.
d. After learning that Sam uses onions to heal Becca Tennyson, we find that Stanley is also
using onions to heal Zero.
The past and the present come together in an interesting way in Holes.
When Stanley and Zero reach God’s thumb the reader recognizes
that this is Sam’s onion patch where Sam claimed water ran uphill.
It is at this point in the story that we realize a parallel between
Stanley and Zero’s lives and that of Elya Yelnats and Madame Zeroni.
Elya promised to carry Madame Zeroni up a mountain to a place
where a stream ran uphill and sing to her about the wolf and the
woodpecker. Stanley, unlike his great-great grandfather, does just
that with Zero. Stanley takes care of Zero and sings to him. The
song tells about a wolf who is hungry and lonely howling at the
moon. By doing this Stanley shows great commitment and determination.

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