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Halloween

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was used before pumpkins to make jack o'lanterns?

a)

Potatoes & Turnips

b)

Cucumbers

c)

Squash

d)

Watermelon

2.

The Puritans are said to have been the first to associate what type of black-colored animals with bad luck?

a)

Dog

b)

Cat

c)

Rabbit

d)

Squirrel

3.

Can you complete this witch chant: double, double, toil and _____?

a)

Bubble

b)

Stubble

c)

Rubble

d)

Trouble

4.

A 1984 song asked, “Who you gonna call?”, and the answer is what?

a)

Ghostbusters

b)

Myth Busters

c)

Spirit Busters

d)

Halloween Busters

5.

What is the name of the green monster in Ghostbusters?

a)

Slimer

b)

Snots

c)

Snotty

d)

Slimebag

6.

How do you spell Halloween?

a)

Haloween

b)

Hallowen

c)

Holloween

d)

Halloween

7.

What movie stars these 3 stunning sisters?

a)

Brick a Brack

b)

Grumpus Bumpus

c)

Hocus Pocus

d)

Whack a Mole

8.

The wizard held the wand high in the air, and poof, a Jack-o'-lantern appeared.

a)

idiom

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

9.

The cat, as black as night, mysteriously crossed our path.

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

idiom

10.

The witch’s shriek was so loud that it broke the window panes.

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

hyperbole

d)

oxymoron

11.

The ghastly ghoul emerged from the ground in front of the grave.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

12.

The carved pumpkin, its eyes flickering from the flame within, winked at me as I passed by on the dark Halloween night.

a)

personification

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

hyperbole

13.

The evil ogre's limbs were thick steel wrapped in muscle.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

oxymoron

d)

personification

14.

The vampire, like a rabid dog, sunk his teeth into the woman's neck without hesitation.

a)

idiom

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

personification

15.

The boy opened the coffin slowly. With each subtle movement, an eerie creak came from the rusted hinges.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

oxymoron

16.

The mummy appeared from the crypt and moved towards the archeologist with a deafening silence.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

oxymoron

17.

The wind howled as it blew by the dark castle.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

18.

The man, frightened by the phantom haunting the theatre, often heard footsteps under the stage when there was a full moon.

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

oxymoron

e)

personification

19.

Walking through the haunted forest, the visitor noticed the evil tree lurking in the shadows.

a)

metaphor

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

oxymoron

e)

personification

20.

The goblin turned to its prey, his open mouth revealing fangs as sharp as knives.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

oxymoron

e)

personification

21.

When the frightened girl saw the living dead move in her direction, she screamed, "Zombie!"

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

oxymoron

e)

personification

22.

The man began to feel himself change. He would be transformed into a werewolf when the curtain of night fell.

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

oxymoron

e)

alliteration

23.

Darkness surrounded the cemetery while shadows of demons and dreadful figures danced in the moonlight.

SELECT TWO TYPES OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

e)

oxymoron

24.

Witches on broomsticks filled the sky. The boy looked up, his mouth dropped open in a silent scream.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

oxymoron

d)

alliteration

e)

simile

25.

Hiding in the shadows from the corpse that had come to life, the frightened man's teeth were chattering.

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

personification

c)

oxymoron

d)

alliteration

e)

simile

26.

The witch was so ugly, I thought my eyes were going to melt.

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

alliteration

d)

metaphor

e)

personification

27.

My friend tried to convince me to give him all of my halloween candy but I told him, "Ha, over my dead body."

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

alliteration

d)

idiom

e)

personification

28.

In the 19th century, immigrants to the U.S. revived some of the ancient traditions of "souling" and "guising." This became known as _____________

a)

Treat or tricking

b)

Trick or treating

c)

Stealing Candy from Kids

29.

Best-selling album/song about dancing zombies

a)

Drake's "Monster Mash"

b)

Michael Jackson's "Thriller"

c)

Eminem's "Little Shop of Horrors"