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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the chapter titled Shadows, Bart thinks pretending to be an _________ is tiring.
(a) Old man.
(b) Octopus.
(c) Earthworm.
(d) Ape.

2. When Jory has to ride the bus home from school, what does he hide in the ravine?
(a) Magazines.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Bike.
(d) Ballet shoes.

3. What is Bart offered instead of a pony?
(a) St. Bernard.
(b) Persian cat.
(c) Parrot.
(d) Iguana.

4. After meeting with the old woman in the mansion for the first time, Jory thinks that two _____ are more than enough.
(a) Pets.
(b) Crazies.
(c) Elderly Neighbors.
(d) Grandmothers.

5. At the beginning of the chapter called My Heart's Desire, Bart says that Cindy is wicked for what?
(a) Splashing in a pool.
(b) For calling his mother "Momma."
(c) Dropping sippy cups on the floor.
(d) Not caring who sees her naked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the rich woman tell Bart to call her?

2. Whose life does Cathy say she might have saved the only time she'd been right?

3. What does Chris throw out of the attic windows in the chapter titled Jory?

4. What gift from his grandmother does Bart find waiting for him in the barn?

5. What is the name of Jory's family's one servant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has John Amos prepared to incriminate Bart for his mother's and grandmother's deaths?

2. Describe Jory's memories of Madame Marisha.

3. What does Bart believe will happen to him if he reads the journal that was given to him?

4. What is Bart doing with Cathy's manuscript?

5. Describe Madame Marisha's concerns about Chris and Cathy's living arrangement.

6. What does Bart do when Cindy is playing alone in her sandbox?

7. Why doesn't Bart want his grandmother to feed Apple while Bart is in Disneyland?

8. What does Chris help Cathy do when she learns she can never dance again?

9. What is Bart imagining when he is hidden in the garden with his painful, infected knee?

10. Describe Jory.

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