Holes why does sachar include this information in the flashback

The novel begins with a flashback. what do you think is its purpose? what do you learn about the narrator?

Amaze i know not these my hands and yet i think there was a woman like me once had hands like these. -adelaide what type of poem is "amaze"? a. diamante b. american cinquain c. japanese cinquain d. modern cinquain

Geoffrey is writing a paper investigating friendly-fire incidents in recent us military actions. which paragraph topic would be relevant to his paper and would therefore merit inclusion in his final draft? a) a paragraph criticizing us military actions in the viet nam war b) a paragraph discussing how friendly-fire incidents are investigated c) a paragraph describing what basic boot camp is like for a new army enlistee eliminate d) a paragraph discussing how hard an extended military service can be on a family