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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lewis’s name as said in Chapter One?
(a) Mrs. Zimmerman.
(b) Lewis Barnavelt.
(c) Lewis Barn-vault.
(d) Uncle Jonathan.

2. What do Uncle Jonathan, Lewis, and Mrs. Zimmerman do for Halloween in Chapter Four?
(a) Eat candied apples.
(b) Go trick or treating.
(c) Go for midnight walks.
(d) Eat doughnuts, apple cider, and view illusions.

3. Who is Mrs. Zimmerman from Chapter One?
(a) The owner of Barnvault's folly.
(b) Uncle Jonathan’s next door neighbor who visits and cooks for him.
(c) Lewis' grandmother.
(d) Uncle Jonathan's wife.

4. What does Lewis say to himself on the train in Chapter One?
(a) A wish to be home.
(b) The Ten Commandments.
(c) Altar boy prayers.
(d) A prayer to his parent's ghosts.

5. How does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis in Chapter Two that magic works?
(a) By using ordinary objects for magical purposes.
(b) By creating invisible magical objects.
(c) By calling on dark spirits.
(d) By putting faith into the Powers That Be.

6. What does Lewis find strange in Chapter Two about a stained glass window?
(a) It has been replaced by a coat rack.
(b) The image has changed.
(c) It has myseriously broken.
(d) It has vanished.

7. What does Tarby say was Uncle Jonathan’s magic in Chapter Four?
(a) It was real magic.
(b) It was only hypnosis.
(c) It was a real eye opener.
(d) It was too scary for Tarby to handle.

8. Why is Lewis going in Chapter One to live with Uncle Jonathan?
(a) He is going to learn magic.
(b) His parents were killed in an automobile accident.
(c) He does not like his parents.
(d) He was left at an orphanage as a small boy.

9. What is the name of the mansion that Uncle Jonathan lives in, as said in Chapter One?
(a) Barnvault's Folly.
(b) Barnacle Bob's.
(c) The Tally Ho.
(d) The Clocktower.

10. What does Lewis say he will do to keep Tarby’s interest in Chapter Four?
(a) Chase snakes.
(b) Eat a worm.
(c) Clean all of Tarby's shoes.
(d) Raise the dead.

11. Who does Lewis become friends with in Chapter Three?
(a) Isaac Izard.
(b) Tarby.
(c) Uncle Jonathan.
(d) Lewis.

12. How does Tarby act after the magic in Chapter Three?
(a) Loud and excited.
(b) Frightened and shivering.
(c) Unusually quiet.
(d) Sarcastic and ironic.

13. What does Lewis do with the Spanish Armada in Chapter Four?
(a) Wish it good luck.
(b) Shoot a cannon at it.
(c) Spit at it.
(d) Wave to it.

14. What does Tarby say at the end of Chapter Five that amazes Lewis?
(a) That he was not scared.
(b) That maybe what they saw was just the moonlight.
(c) That he has seen resurrections like this before.
(d) That he is a dead body.

15. What comes out from the tomb in Chapter Five?
(a) Isaac Izard.
(b) Something black and oozing.
(c) Uncle Jonathan.
(d) Selenna in the form of an old woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Jonathan do with the reflection of the moon in Chapter Three?

2. What does Lewis find out about Uncle Jonathan’s night walks in Chapter Two?

3. What does Lewis need to complete the spell in Chapter Five?

4. What does Lewis like about the town of new Zebedee in Chapter Two?

5. What does Tarby teach Lewis to do in Chapter Three?

(see the answer keys)

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