- Suitable for grades 6 - 8 - Literal, inferential, real-world and personal connection, literary, language, and creative questions - Common core aligned - Fun, playing card theme - 4 categories: author’s purpose, style, & theme; plot & setting; character; writing & language - 14 cards per category (56 questions in total) - JOKER card for each topic offers a creative task - Task-recording document included - Card backs and divider cards included

- get to know you - introductions & greetings -yes/no questions - info questions - hobbies and interests -and/or/but -play/go/do with sports - is/are + verb-ing -possessives (his/her etc) -shopping - talking about the future & making predictions - physical descriptions - family members - count vs. non-count -prepositions - times -dates -can/ be able to/ knows how to - get to know you questions - asking for more info - reported speech - prepositions - comparatives - superlatives - directions - as adjective as - time & sequence - simple past - past progressive/ continuous - used to/ used for -modal auxiliary verbs - giving opinions -making suggestions - could/ should - adverbs of frequency - preferences - feelings - would questions - the senses

This resource will test your students' knowledge, recall, comprehension, and analysis of the characters, themes, and major events in the novel Holes, by Louis Sachar. The test is multi-modal, including: - fill in the blanks - matching - short response questions - graphic organizer - an (short) essay [It's the last question, you have the option not to include it] The test content covers: - major characters, places, things - significant plot events - symbolism - character relationships - character development (Stanley) Happy Digging!