Halloween Fraidy-Cat
By Abby Klein
Grades PreK-3; Genre – Fiction; GRL N; AR pts: 1.0
Join Freddy and his friends for another 1st grade adventure! The eighth in the popular series by an elementary school teacher who's seen it all.
Since Freddy is in the first grade, he should be old enough to go to a Halloween party without his parents. When a ghostly howl terrifies Freddy and all of his friends at the party, can Freddy find the courage to save the day?
Comprehension Questions
Chapter 1
What did Chloe invite everyone in the class to? A Halloween party p.9
What does Freddy like to dress up as for Halloween? Different kinds of sharks p.14
How does Freddy feel about scary stuff? He doesn’t like it; he’s worried he’ll get nightmares for months if he sees something scary p.19
Chapter 2
What does it mean to be a “fraidy-cat”? someone who is easily scared p.22
Where does Freddy’s shark costume come from every year? His mom makes it p.29
How did Freddy behave so his family would support him going to the party? Pretended to not be scared p.30
Chapter 3
What did Suzie want to be for Halloween? Frankenstein’s bride p.34
What was on the wall that scared Freddy? Scary masks p.36
What did Freddy decide to be after going to the costume store? A shark p.40
Chapter 4
What type of figurative language is “scare the pants off you” and what does it really mean? Idiom; you frightened me very badly p.43
What game did Max love? Bobbing for apples p.46
Why did Max threaten Freddy? Freddy made a comment about Max’s mouth being big, so Max told Freddy he’d be sorry for saying that and to wait until the party p.48
Chapter 5
What always helped Freddy feel better? Rubbing his lucky shark tooth p.50
How was Suzie a good sister in this chapter? She helped Freddy find his lucky shark tooth p.52
How did Freddy whisper to himself when looking at himself in the mirror with the costume on? That he was a big, tough shark p.57
Chapter 6
What characteristic did Freddy have as he went to the party even though he was scared? Courage p.59
Who did he hold hands with and why? Jesse because she wasn’t scared of anything p.61
Describe the Halloween party. Dracula and Frankenstein were there; Dracula let the children into a room with skeletons and ghosts floating around; another room full of coffins with zombies coming out and screaming; a room full of jars the children had to put their hands in that felt that eyeballs, brains and worms; a room with bats flying around; games p.62
Chapter 7
What game did Max challenge Freddy at? Bobbing for apples p.70
What helped Freddy not be afraid during the contest? Max calling him a fraidy-cat; pretending he was a shark p.75
Who won the contest? Freddy p.76
Chapter 8
What noise did the children hear coming from the basement? An eerie noise p.80
Who went downstairs to check it out? Max and Freddy p.81
Summarize what happened when Max and Freddy went downstairs? Max was so scared he couldn’t move and Freddy went to go check out what the noise was and found a kitten p.84
What was Freddy’s response to Max being a fraidy-cat? Freddy was very kind and didn’t tell any of the other kids and in fact told them that Max and he saved the cat together p.86