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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the combine destroy before it stops in Chapter 19?
(a) A stretch of fencing.
(b) Half a row of corn.
(c) An apple tree.
(d) Duane's bike.

2. Who sneaks to the McBride farm with Mike in Chapter 20?
(a) Cordie.
(b) Dale.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Jim.

3. What does Dale and Lawrence's father tell them as they are getting ready for bed in Chapter 8?
(a) That Jim is in the hospital.
(b) That the school is on fire.
(c) That Tubby has been found.
(d) That he heard a strange noise outside.

4. How does Mr. Ashley Montague react to Duane's request to see the 1876 historical log?
(a) With kindness.
(b) With concern.
(c) With irritation.
(d) With confusion.

5. What presses Duane firmly down onto the ground in the field?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) A wood plank.
(c) A boot.
(d) A shovel.

6. Which university did Duane's father fail to graduate from?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Yale.
(d) Brown.

7. Whose face does Mike see pressed against his basement window?
(a) Duane's.
(b) Cordie's.
(c) The soldier's.
(d) Dr. Roon's.

8. What stops working in the Stewarts' basement?
(a) The alarm system.
(b) The sump pump.
(c) The telephone.
(d) The water heater.

9. Which of the following is NOT one of Dale's friends?
(a) Mike.
(b) David.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Cordie.

10. At the scene of the accident, what does Duane notice on Art's car?
(a) Green paint.
(b) Black paint.
(c) Yellow paint.
(d) Red paint.

11. What does Mrs. Moon recall a man being hanged for in the past?
(a) Imprisoning children.
(b) Stealing from the Ashley-Montagues.
(c) Trying to burn down Old Central.
(d) Killing a young girl.

12. Where does Van Skye have a part time job?
(a) At the cemetery.
(b) At the grocery store.
(c) At the funeral home.
(d) At the garbage dump.

13. What wakes Mike in Chapter 12?
(a) A loud thud from the basement.
(b) The gust of hot air.
(c) A bird squawking outside.
(d) The smell of rotting meat.

14. Where does Duane go to learn more about Old Central in Chapter 11?
(a) The Oak Hill library.
(b) The Elm Haven library.
(c) The Peoria library.
(d) The White Spruce library.

15. How old is Mrs. Moon?
(a) Eighty-four years old.
(b) Seventy- eight years old.
(c) Ninty year old..
(d) Sixty-five year old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around which holiday does Duane calculate the sacrifices that activated the bell occurred in 1900?

2. What does Sandra tell the boys has happened to Tubby?

3. Who was the bell first commissioned for in the 1400s?

4. What does Dale take with him when he goes to check out the Cooke house?

5. Who is Mrs. Moon?

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