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Holes Day 4

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Questions – Answer 2 short questions and one long question in the comments.
Short Questions
1. What kind of food do you turn into 3 days after you run away?
2. What tip did Stanley’s counsellor give him in order to remember his name?
3. Whose bed was Stanley to sleep in?
4. What did the boys call Mr Pendanski?
Long Questions
Why do you think all the boys had nicknames?
The famous baseball player Clyde Livingston was known as Sweet Feet. Why do you think he had this nickname?

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  1. Omar

    short question 1: you turn into buzzard food.
    short question 2: pen-dance-key.
    short question 3: he slept in barf bag’s cot.
    short question 4: they all called Mr.Pendanski “mom”.
    long question 1: I think they all have nicknames so that they don’t get reminded of what they did in the past or maybe they just like having peculiar nicknames.
    long question 2: I think it might be because he is the only person in history that ever got four triples in one game which might be why everybody gave him the nickname “sweet feet”

    **Very good Omar, I like your thoughts on the nicknames, maybe it is because they don’t want to be reminded of the past. We will find out later in the book.

  2. Tadhg Kennedy

    Short question 3: Stanley was to sleep in the bed of barf bags.
    Short question 4: The boys called Mr Pendanski Mom.
    Long question: I think they had nicknames as when you go to prison you get nicknames as well. It must be very hard on Stanley as some of the nicknames are not one bit nice.

    **Interesting point Tadhg. Sometimes people have nicknames that they may not like themselves yet other people call them by that nickname. Stanley seems to have empathy for the boys with nicknames.

  3. Isabella Harte

    Short questions:
    1.Buzzard food
    2.Pen-Dance-Key
    Long question:
    I think the boys have nicknames because it reminded them of the past and it was cooler then there real name.

    ** Excellent Isabella, in the story it says you would be buzzard food after 3 days if you ran away. A buzzard is a type of hawk.

  4. Anonymous

    In houles day 4 stanley meets mr pendanski, x-ray and squid and they have 4 minutes in the shower

    ** Well done, 4 minutes in the shower is very short alright. I suppose they are living in the desert and water is in short supply.

  5. Lucy Benton

    3. Whose bed was Stanley to sleep in?
    Ans: Barf Bag’s bed

    4. What did the boys call Mr Pendanski?
    Ans: Mom

    The famous baseball player Clyde Livingston was known as Sweet Feet. Why do you think he had this nickname?
    Ans: I think because he was very quick and very good at being on his foot in baseball. He seemed like he was very fast too.

    **Excellent Lucy, I thought the same as you, he was called Sweet Feet because of his speed. But Wayne got me thinking, maybe he was called Sweet Feet because of his sneakers. We will find out tomorrow how valued his sneakers are.

  6. Kyle

    Yes Mr Forde I think stanley is innocent because he seems to be a nice boy with manors.

    **Thanks for answering Kyle. I think you are right but we will see.

  7. Wayne Nolan

    2. Mr Pendanski told Stanley “how you remember my name is, you say pen-dance-key.”

    3. Stanley slept in Lewis barf bags bed.

    2. I think Clyde Livingstons nickname was Sweet Feets because He always had the nicest shoes.

    **Good Wayne, I hadn’t thought about that. I thought he was always called Sweet Feet for the speed he could run to the bases. But you have definitely got me thinking now.

  8. Kyle

    Questions
    1.- Buzzard food
    2.- Pen-dance-key
    3.- Barfbag
    4.- Mom
    Long Questions.
    I think the boys had nicknames because they could not remember there real name and they think there nicknames are cool.

    ** Good Kyle, they definitely do feel their nicknames are cool.

  9. Kyle

    Mr Sir tells Stanley that there are no barriers to stop him from escaping but the camp has the only water for one hundred miles so if he ran away he would die quickly without water. Stanley is shown to a group of grey tents with letters on them, he will sleep in the one with D on it. Mr Pendanski will be his counselor he should remember his name as Pen dance ski, he is nice to Stanley and tells him he respects him and will help him change his life if he helps him too. Mr Pendanski tells him the rule of camp is not to upset the warden. Rex and Alan are two kids that come over. All the kids have nicknames Alan is squid Rex is xray the cot that Stanley would be sleeping belonged to a kid called Barfbag who is in Hospital. Stanley met some other children called they called Mr Pendanski mom. Mr Pendanski told all the boys to take care of Stanley because they were all new once. Some boys get cross if you call them by there nickname the boys are only allowed a 4 minute shower. The bed is scratchy smelly and the food is horrible. The boys asked Stanley why he was there and Stanley said he robbed a pair of sneakers from the famous baseball player Clyed sweetfeet livengston he was giving them a to a charity to raise money for homeless and Stanley didn’t take them.

    **Brilliant Kyle, great summary. Of course Stanley is saying he didn’t take them. Many prisoners say that they are innocent. Do you think he is innocent?

  10. Carla

    Short question 4 – the boys called Mr Pendanski Mom.
    Long question 2 – I think Clyde Livingston is called Sweet Feet because he is really good at baseball and very fast.

    **Well done Carla. Yes, they called Mr. Pendanski Mom. He looked after the boys at the camp and they felt he was a like to them maybe?

  11. Lucas

    Short3: Stanley is sleeping in the bed of barf bag.

    Loong1: I think the boys have nicknames because in actual prison inmates would have nicknames.

    **Good Lucas, It seems the boys really want to be called by their nicknames, they even correct Stanley when he calls them by their real name. Maybe their real name reminds them of their past. We will find out more soon.

  12. Luke

    Stanley slept in Barf bags bed now.

    I think Clyde Livingston is called sweet feet because he has really good feet and he was the only player ever to hit four triples in one game. He’s got the best feet . Sweet feet.

    **Good Luke, in the movie do you remember the name of the team that Sweet Feet played with?

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