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The Hollow

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why does Sarah not want to stay in the Hollow and play with the boy?

a)

She wants to keep trick-or-treating.

b)

She is up past her bedtime.

c)

The boy does not seem very friendly.

d)

She is worried that the boy is a ghost.

2.

What causes the characters to go into the hollow?

a)

They are curious to see if there are ghost in the Hollow.

b)

They are looking for Jake's dog Odie

c)

They are meeting friends in the Hollow.

d)

They are taking a shortcut through the Hollow.

3.

This book is told from _____________

a)

the second-person point of view.

b)

the first-person point of view.

c)

the third-person point of view

d)

no point of view

4.

The holiday when children dress up in costumes is called __________

a)

Children's Day.

b)

Halloween

c)

Cinco de Mayo

d)

Thanksgiving

5.

What is the problem in the book?

a)

Jake's costume is torn.

b)

The characters are lost in the Hollow.

c)

Sarah lost her Halloween candy.

d)

Jake wants to stay and play in the Hollow.

6.

To freak means ______

He is trying to freak us out..

a)

to do something kind.

b)

to make someone uneasy or upset.

c)

someone who does not look or act the same as others.

d)

to jump out and scare someone

7.

Which sentence shows the point of view from which the story is told?

a)

The creak of branches.

b)

I can see the yellow glow of a streetlight.

c)

The moon gives the place a cold glow.

d)

Empty branches reach out of the darkness.

8.

The word gnarled means ___________.

a)

greatly frightened.

b)

bumpy, rough, and twisted.

c)

walking slowly and heavily due to tiredness or difficult conditions.

d)

occupied or visited by ghosts.

9.

How does Sarah feel when they meet the boy in the Hollow?

a)

shy

b)

terrified

c)

excited

d)

hopeful

10.

What is the most likely reason the author wrote this passage?

a)

to inform the reader about the dangers of being in the woods at night

b)

to entertain the reader with a spooky story

c)

to persuade the reader that ghost are real

d)

to inform the reader about what to do if you get lost in the woods

11.

Choose the sentences that use the word bolt correctly as a VERB. (more than one)

a)

When she heard the spooky noise, she bolted from the abandoned house.

b)

He bolted the door behind him to make sure no one would get in to his house.

c)

The bolt of lightening hit the airplane so the plane needed to land immediately.

d)

Jack managed to slip the bolt on the shed door

12.

Why does the narrator of the story act brave?

a)

She does not want Sarah to think she is scared.

b)

She wants to scare the ghost away.

c)

She did not want Jake to feel too scared.

d)

She is a ghost.

13.

fabric or clothing that is torn

and ragged

a)

tattered

b)

trudging

c)

gnarled

d)

expression

14.

a look on someone’s face that

shows feeling or emotion

a)

tattered

b)

trudging

c)

gnarled

d)

expression

15.

walking slowly and heavily

due to tiredness or difficult

conditions

a)

tattered

b)

terrified

c)

gnarled

d)

trudging

16.

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)

a small body of water

b)

to move quickly

c)

The noise made when something moves

d)

houses