Q 01/05

Who wrote the novel Holes?

A) Louis Sachar

B) Jerry Spinelli

C) Gary Paulsen

D) Lois Lowry

Answer · why

A) Louis Sachar

Louis Sachar's first book, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, sold poorly at first, yet it slowly won him a devoted following among children.

Q 02/05

In which US state is Camp Green Lake located?

A) Arizona

B) Texas

C) New Mexico

D) Nevada

Answer · why

B) Texas

Texas: Green Lake was once the largest lake in the state, but the camp now sits on a dry lakebed beside a ghost town.

Q 03/05

How big is each hole the boys at Camp Green Lake must dig every day?

A) Two feet wide and deep

B) Five feet wide and deep

C) Ten feet wide and deep

D) Twenty feet wide and deep

Answer · why

B) Five feet wide and deep

Five feet wide and deep, every day; the 2003 film's director has said his crew dug about 400 holes and made them look like thousands.

Q 04/05

Why did Stanley have no lawyer at his trial over the sneakers?

A) He pleaded guilty

B) His parents couldn't afford one

C) He chose to defend himself

D) The judge denied him one

Answer · why

B) His parents couldn't afford one

His parents couldn't afford one, and only after his father's invention finally works can they hire the lawyer who gets Stanley out.

Q 05/05

Who plays Stanley Yelnats in the 2003 film Holes?

A) Shia LaBeouf

B) Haley Joel Osment

C) Zac Efron

D) Josh Hutcherson

Answer · why

A) Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf plays a Stanley who isn't the book's overweight boy: the director said no child actor could convincingly show the character's weight loss...