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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. The children find out that there will be no breakfast because they have to do what?
(a) Go to work
(b) Go to school
(c) Meet the guardian
(d) Leave town immediately

2. Where are the children expected to work every day?
(a) The mill
(b) The bank
(c) The optomitrist's office
(d) The post office

3. The first day of work is called what?
(a) Branch Day
(b) Limb Day
(c) Log Day
(d) Tree Day

4. Who escorts the children out of their meeting with Sir?
(a) The Foreman
(b) Phil
(c) Charles
(d) Sir himself

5. The children are to stay at a Lumbermill called what?
(a) Unlucky Smells
(b) Lucky Stars
(c) Lucky Smells
(d) Unlucky Stars

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to comfort the girls, while they wait for Klaus?

2. The children have been lulled into a state of complacency by the absence of whom?

3. The children begin to rationalize that, even though their work is hard, it is much better than having to do what?

4. The foreman wears a strange white what?

5. The foreman first calls the children what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think the library will affect the rest of the story? Why or why not?

2. Explain the significance of the building shaped like an eye.

3. Why are the workers incapable of having anything other than gum for lunch?

4. Who is Charles and how might he be helpful tot he children?

5. Do the workers respect the foreman?

6. What does the mention of the gum in chapter 3 help to explain from earlier in the story?

7. What would you do if you were one of the children and were left alone in Paltryville by Mr. Poe?

8. What is the guardian of the children described as being like up to the end of chapter 4?

9. How does the eye come into play again in chapter 5?

10. What observations can you make about Foreman Flacutono's actions in chapter 5?

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