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Read this sentence:
The truth was masquerading as pie and ice cream.
Masquerading in this sentence means:
The truth was disguised . It was hidden.
Truth went to a masquerade ball.
Truth is a person.
ibbly, hobbly, goblins and guck.
What is the first Christmas present Harvey wishes for?
Baseball bat
Ark
A white tiger
More wishes
Mrs. Griffin says Harvey is ...
too boring to be accepted in the Hood-house
the brightest soul she has ever met.
going to become a poisonous fish
the best thief to ever visit the Hood-house
Marr looks like a toothless slug that changes Harvey into __________.
A vampire
A wolf
A dog
A zombie
How does Marr die?
Melts into a puddle of nothing
Falls off the roof
Explodes
Mr. Hood kills her
How does Carna die?
Harvey pets it and shatters it into 1000 pieces
Mr. Hood kills it
It falls off the roof
Rictus destroys it
How does Harvey defeat Mr. Hood- the last and final time?
Exhausts him by using up his magic
Tricks him into falling in the vortex
Mr. Hood doesn't get defeated
Smashes him with an axe
What happened to Harvey's souvenirs from the Holiday House?
Turned to dust
Disappeared
Rotted
He dropped them
In reality, how long was Harvey at Holiday House?
Thirty-one days
Thirty-one years
Thirty-one months
Thirty-one weeks
How did Harvey's parents live while Harvey lived at Holiday House?
Happily
In sadness
Indifferent...they didn't care
Worried
Which line from Chapter 14 shows the setting's impact on Harvey?
The man shook his head. "After all these years?" he said. "He'd be a man by now. He'd be a grown man. This is just a boy."
"It's some prank. Somebody trying to break our hearts."
"It's our Harvey. He's come home."
"Look at him," she said. "Look at his clothes. That's what he was wearing the night he left us."
Which sentence(s) from the chapter foreshadow that Harvey has been gone longer than he thought?
"It's a long story. Thirty-one years long."
He was tired, and a little saddened by his farewell to Wendell, but the thought of the welcome he'd get when he reached his own doorstep put a spring in his heels.
One neighborhood was extremely fancy, the houses and the cars parked outside them slicker than anything he'd set eyes on.
The woman stopped and stared out through the open door at the boy standing on the step, her eyes filling up with tears.
It would be difficult to make people believe all that had happened to them, but perhaps they'd have a better chance if two voices told the same tale.
This sentence shows that Wendell and Harvey
are best friends.
will discover how much time has passed since they arrived at the Holiday House.
plan to write a book about their time at the Holiday House.
expect people will think the story of the Holiday House is a lie.
Every morning while he'd played in the spring warmth, months had passed...They'd all slipped by so easily, and though he had only aged a month, his mom and dad had lived in sadness for thirty-one years, thinking that their little boy had gone forever.
Based on this excerpt, the reader can infer that Harvey feels
angry.
regretful.
confused.
bored
Glimpsing the dusty truth masquerading as pie and ice cream was one thing, but scratching the veneer of deceits that the House had polished to such a perfection was quite another.
Glimpsing in this sentence means:
being able to limp
being able to see briefly
being able to go glamping
The ugly beast, Carna, made a guttural sound.
Guttural sound means...
He sounded like an animal.
He sounded like a baby cooing.
He sounded like someone singing.
Every utterance coming from the mouth of the accused thief made the Hood-house even more angry.
Utterance means...
when you milk a cow's udders
the action of saying or expressing something aloud.
the action of screaming
Definition: The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth
Deceit
chaos
perfect
One of the most popular lessons or themes of this book is ...
Be grateful for what you have.
In hard times, rely on the ones you love most.
Sometimes in life you don't always get what you want.
Believe in yourself.
She remembers you the way you are young, that
is-and she'd like you to remember her the same way."
"Lulu..." Harvey murmured.
The man neither confirmed nor denied this. He simply said to Harvey: "I am
much obliged to you, young man. I hope to be as fine a husband to her as you
were a friend . "
Murmured means...
to speak in a loud, rough tone
to speak in a low, soft voice
to not speak at all
to speak only with grunts or groans
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