The Best Halloween Ever chapters 4-6

Beth and Charlie's mom is working at the community Halloween by serving on the _______________. 

• pumpkin committee
• meet the monsters
• mystery swamp
• PTA

What is Alice going to be for Halloween?

• a stocking
• a Christmas tree 
• Santa Claus
• an elf 

Foreshadowing is a literary device author's use to hint at possible outcomes in the plot of the story. Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing? 

• "This will be a LOT better than nothing," my mother said. 
• And if Charlie was right, and the Herdmans stayed away on Halloween, EVERYONE could relax. 
• "Any place will be safer than Woodrow Wilson School tonight." 
• "I could ask her what she's going to be for Halloween," Louella said. "That might give me a clue."

What does Louella want to do with the eight dollars she may get for babysitting her brother on Halloween? 

• pay someone to watch her brother
• save up for Christmas
• buy candy
• buy a new Halloween costume

What does Charlie like to do with his Halloween candy? 

• count it
• trade it
• separate it into piles
• all of the above

Who overheard Alice say, "Well the mayor didn't know that would happen, and Mr. Crabtree didn't know that would happen, but at least WE get to have a Herdman-free Halloween!" 

• Imogene
• Beth
• Claud
• Ollie

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CCSS.RL.5.1

What is Charlie going to be for Halloween, and who is he dressing up with? 

• a bear, Louella McClusky
• a giraffe, Boomer Malone
• a lion, Cecil Farmer
• King Kong, Boomer Malone

Which of the following is an example of suspense? 

• And, most of all, what was going to happen tonight, at Woodrow Wilson School? 
• Joanne McCoy was going to be Imogene Herdman. "Why not?" Joanne said. 
• He also said he wouldn't do this at all if the Herdmans were there. 
• "We were wrong about the homework," she reported. 

Identify the type of conflict in "The Best Halloween Ever." 

• Internal; Beth vs. herself 
• External; students vs. store owners
• External; town vs. Hermans
• Internal; Imogene vs. herself

Why can't the students ask Imogene if she and the Herdmans are coming to Woodrow Wilson's Halloween? 

• Imogene won't talk to anyone
• Imogene might lie
• the Herdmans definitely don't celebrate Halloween 
• Imogene told Alice that the Herdmans are coming to Woodrow Wilson's Halloween