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Spelling Quiz

1. For each sentence, select the correctly spelled word.

___ the night before Christmas.

 A) T’was
 B) ’Twas
 C) ’T’was
 D) Twas

2. They have a live ___ down at the shopping mall.

 A) raindeer
 B) reindeer
 C) raindear
 D) reindere

3. It was a festive ___ gathering.

 A) yueltide
 B) yuletyde
 C) yueltied
 D) yuletide

4. Please! Go easy on the ___.

 A) egg nog
 B) eggnawg
 C) eggnog
 D) egg nogg

5. Our ___ holds nine candles.

 A) menorah
 B) mennorah
 C) mennora
 D) menorrah

6. “Santa Claus” refers to ___.

 A) Saint Nicholas
 B) Saint Nichlaus
 C) Saint Nicalos
 D) Saint Nichollas

7. In European folklore, ___ is considered magical.

 A) misletoe
 B) mistletoe
 C) missletoe
 D) misiltoe

8. The winter ___ falls on December 21 this year.

 A) soulstice
 B) sollstise
 C) solstise
 D) solstice

9. “O little town of ___.”

 A) Bethlahem
 B) Bethleham
 C) Bethlehem
 D) Bethelhem

10. Stop spinning that ___ and join us for dinner.

 A) dradle
 B) dreidle
 C) draydel
 D) dreidel


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