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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says that Spunk should be nervous after what he did to Joe?
(a) Walter.
(b) Spunk.
(c) Lena.
(d) Elijah.

2. Who does Spunk say caused his death?
(a) Lena.
(b) Himself.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Joe.

3. Who tells the resolution of the story?
(a) Lena.
(b) A third-person narrator.
(c) Spunk.
(d) Joe.

4. What color is the animal that comes into the house in Chapter 3?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

5. What does Spunk believe is moving at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) His hands.
(b) His closet.
(c) His bed.
(d) The saw.

6. What happens to what the community brings to the wake?
(a) It is eaten.
(b) They are blessed by the preacher.
(c) They float up in the sky.
(d) They are burned.

7. What does the animal in Chapter 3 do?
(a) Flies in and out of the bedroom.
(b) Growls.
(c) Walks around the house and howls.
(d) Crawls under the bed.

8. What does Lena do in Chapter 4?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Repents.
(c) Has a child.
(d) Wails.

9. Where does Spunk say he will go right after he dies?
(a) Heaven.
(b) To Joe's house.
(c) Hell.
(d) The beach.

10. How does Spunk plan to kill the animal?
(a) By strangling it.
(b) With a gun.
(c) With a knife.
(d) By scaring it to death.

11. What is Spunk doing with the Bradley house?
(a) Renovating it.
(b) Buying it.
(c) Leasing it.
(d) Selling it.

12. Which character seems to have come out the winner in Chapter 4?
(a) Joe.
(b) Lena.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Spunk.

13. What does the community bring to the wake?
(a) Children.
(b) The bodies.
(c) Balloons.
(d) Food.

14. What does Spunk call Elijah before he dies?
(a) His soul mate.
(b) 'Lige.
(c) A haunt.
(d) Joe's spirit.

15. What are people in town doing at the beginning of Chapter 3 that is getting on Spunk's nerves?
(a) Rewriting the curfew.
(b) Rearranging the store.
(c) Talking about Lena.
(d) Talking about Joe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the character named "Jeff" in Chapter 4?

2. What does the expert in Chapter 3 say is wrong with the thing Spunk believes is moving?

3. What does Walter say is the only thing Joe ever wanted?

4. Who says the animal must have been a "h'ant"?

5. What comes into the house when Spunk and Lena are together?

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