WorksheetsThe Hollow
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Why does Sarah not want to stay in the Hollow and play with the boy?
She wants to keep trick-or-treating.
She is up past her bedtime.
The boy does not seem very friendly.
She is worried that the boy is a ghost.
What causes the characters to go into the hollow?
They are curious to see if there are ghost in the Hollow.
They are looking for Jake's dog Odie
They are meeting friends in the Hollow.
They are taking a shortcut through the Hollow.
This book is told from _____________
the second-person point of view.
the first-person point of view.
the third-person point of view
no point of view
The holiday when children dress up in costumes is called __________
Children's Day.
Halloween
Cinco de Mayo
Thanksgiving
What is the problem in the book?
Jake's costume is torn.
The characters are lost in the Hollow.
Sarah lost her Halloween candy.
Jake wants to stay and play in the Hollow.
To freak means ______
He is trying to freak us out..
to do something kind.
to make someone uneasy or upset.
someone who does not look or act the same as others.
to jump out and scare someone
Which sentence shows the point of view from which the story is told?
The creak of branches.
I can see the yellow glow of a streetlight.
The moon gives the place a cold glow.
Empty branches reach out of the darkness.
The word gnarled means ___________.
greatly frightened.
bumpy, rough, and twisted.
walking slowly and heavily due to tiredness or difficult conditions.
occupied or visited by ghosts.
How does Sarah feel when they meet the boy in the Hollow?
shy
terrified
excited
hopeful
What is the most likely reason the author wrote this passage?
to inform the reader about the dangers of being in the woods at night
to entertain the reader with a spooky story
to persuade the reader that ghost are real
to inform the reader about what to do if you get lost in the woods
Choose the sentences that use the word bolt correctly as a VERB. (more than one)
When she heard the spooky noise, she bolted from the abandoned house.
He bolted the door behind him to make sure no one would get in to his house.
The bolt of lightening hit the airplane so the plane needed to land immediately.
Jack managed to slip the bolt on the shed door
Why does the narrator of the story act brave?
She does not want Sarah to think she is scared.
She wants to scare the ghost away.
She did not want Jake to feel too scared.
She is a ghost.
fabric or clothing that is torn
and ragged
tattered
trudging
gnarled
expression
a look on someone’s face that
shows feeling or emotion
tattered
trudging
gnarled
expression
walking slowly and heavily
due to tiredness or difficult
conditions
tattered
terrified
gnarled
trudging
Strange sounds follow us. The whispering of movement in the dead leaves on the ground. The creak of branches. A snapping twig.
What does creak mean?
a small body of water
to move quickly
The noise made when something moves
houses
