Key Lines, Chapters 16-19

Holes Chapter 16, 17, 18 and 19
Key Lines


1. “Yo, Caveman, my man!” (72)

2. “he tried to think of a way to tell the Warden where the tube was really found” (74)

3. “Give him some space,” said X-Ray. “if Caveman doesn't want to read it to us, he doesn't have to. It;s probably from his girlfriend.” (74)

4. “You've never heard the nursery rhume about the little old lady who lived in a shoe” (78)

5. “You're giving these boys too much water” the Warden told Mr. Pendanski” (78)

6. “That's your dirt” ZigZag said. “You have to dig it up. It's covering up my dirt” (79)

7, “ I don't know how”, said Zero. (81)

8. “His muscles and hands weren't the only parts of his body that had toughened over the past several weeks.” (pg 82)

9. “On the lake they were all the same reddish brown color” (pg 84)

10. “My fingers are like little magnets” (85)

11. “I stole it from your truck” (86)

Task 1. Examine the quotations above. Select four lines that you are most interested in. For each, summarize the context, and explain how this line is significant to the novel so far. Use full sentences.