A Holes scene follows Stanley on the bus to Camp Green Lake and tells what Stanley hopes and fears, but no other character's thoughts. Which point of view is used?

A chapter leaves camp and recounts Elya Yelnats's promise to carry Madame Zeroni up a mountain. What can this outside telling give readers?

If the camp chapters were told only by Stanley as events happened, what would be hardest to show directly?

A Holes scene reports Stanley's confusion about a gold tube and the Warden's hidden excitement about it. Which point of view is used?

Holes has Stanley at camp, Kate Barlow's old Green Lake, and Elya Yelnats in Latvia. Why use an outside narrator for all three?

A Holes passage follows Katherine Barlow after Sam is killed and tells her grief and choices, but no other mind is entered. Which point of view is used?

Holes describes Stanley with "he" and "his," never "I" or "my." What does this tell readers about the narrator?

Zero runs away from camp; Stanley remains behind until he later follows. If Stanley alone narrated those missing hours, what would be lost?

Suppose a Holes scene followed Zero under the abandoned boat and told only his weakness and fear before Stanley reaches him. Which point of view would that be?

A chapter explains that Camp Green Lake was once a town with a real lake before Stanley arrives there. What does this telling let readers know?

The onions, the boat named Mary Lou, and the suitcase matter in different Holes time strands. What does the outside narration let the book do?

A Holes passage tells Kate's fear, Trout Walker's anger, and townspeople's actions during old Green Lake's conflict. Which point of view is used?

If Zero narrated only what he lived through, which strand would be mostly hidden until someone told him?

The Holes narrator says, "The reader is probably asking: Why would anyone go to Camp Green Lake?" What does this line show about the narrator?

A Holes passage follows Elya Yelnats as he hopes to marry Myra and visits Madame Zeroni, without entering Myra's mind. Which point of view is used?

If Stanley's camp viewpoint were the only one used, which part could not be shown as direct scenes?

Suppose a Holes chapter moved from Stanley's worry to Zero's determination and then to the Warden's plans. Which point of view would that be?

The narrator builds the Yelnats and Zeroni family histories before the boys connect the names. What does this telling allow?

If Kate Barlow's strand were told only by Kate, what would be harder to reveal directly?

The Holes narrator says digging a hole every day will turn a bad boy into a good boy, then adds, "That was what some people thought." What does the added line show?