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100

a stone coffin (mentioned in the article)

sarcophagus

100

Write the contraction for have not

haven't

100

19+13

32

100

When you are cold, these grow faster. 

finger nails

100

Puerto Rico is not a state, it is actually a __________. Puerto Ricans are actually American citizens. 

Commonwealth

200

The article was mainly about the world's interest in ___ __ following the discovery of his tomb.

King Tut

200

_______s are different words with the same meanings, and ________s are words with the opposite meaning. 

synonyms, antonyms

200

40,000 divided by 100

400

200

Your largest internal body organ

small intestine

200

Puerto Rico has over ____ miles of beaches

300

300

If something is fateful, it most likely brings: 

a. happiness

b. wealth

c. misfortune

d. good luck

c. misfortune

300

This type of noun is ALWAYS capitalized. 

proper

300

243,678 rounded to the nearest ten thousand

240,000

300
This animal cannot walk backwards

kangaroo

300

Puerto Rico has America's largest ____ network. 

cave

400

Margee Kerr uses what she knows about people's fears to ____.

a. design haunted houses

b. teach classes in public speaking

c. make Halloween costumes

d. write scary books. 

a. design haunted houses

400

When using quotation marks, punctuation goes _____ the quotation marks. 

inside

400

6,724,572 rounded to the nearest one hundred thousand. 

6,700,000

400

The shortest war in history lasted only this long

38 minutes

400

Puerto Rico has America's largest ____ center. 

shopping

500
According to the article, the East Lansing, Michigan, school district ____.


a. eliminated all holiday parties at school

b. eliminated Halloween parties at school

c. says students must get Halloween costumes approved before wearing them to school

d. limits the number of sweet treats served at school Halloween parties

b. eliminated Halloween parties at school

500

Comparing two or more things using the words 'like' or 'as'

simile

500
A parallelogram has two parallel sides. We use these sides to help us find the area of the parallelogram. To find the area, we multiply the ____ and the ____. 

base, height 

500

Anatidaephobia is the fear of this animal watching you.

duck

500

Puerto Rico has America's tallest _____, called The Birth of the New World.

statue

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