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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charles do while the house is on fire?
(a) Helps Julian from the porch.
(b) Tries to find Constance.
(c) Asks for the safe to be taken out.
(d) Carries items down from upstairs.

2. Where do Merricat and Constance sweep the rubble to?
(a) The drawing room.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The back porch.

3. What does Merricat break in Chapter 6?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A clock.
(c) A pair of cufflinks.
(d) A jar.

4. Why did Merricat choose to put the poison in the sugar?
(a) Because the poison was hidden in sugar.
(b) Because she knew her father would use the sugar.
(c) Because it was the only food she has access to.
(d) Because Constance never used sugar.

5. What does Merricat persuade Constance to take outside and add to the barricade?
(a) The broken mirror from Charles' room.
(b) Julian's wheelchair.
(c) A bed frame.
(d) Julian's desk.

6. What does Merricat bury by the creek in Chapter 10?
(a) Julian's glasses.
(b) Julian's gold pencil.
(c) Julian's cufflinks.
(d) Julian's neck tie.

7. What does Charles say is in the house with Constance and Merricat?
(a) A disaster zone.
(b) Charles' belongings.
(c) A dead body.
(d) A fortune.

8. To what does Merricat compare her house, now that it is burned and damaged?
(a) A haunted house.
(b) A greek ruin.
(c) A castle.
(d) A burned cake.

9. Who does Charles bring with him to the Blackwood house in Chapter 10?
(a) A photographer.
(b) His fiancee.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A police officer.

10. What does Merricat use to tie the gate closed in Chatpter 6?
(a) Her father's scarf.
(b) Her father's belt.
(c) A cord from the curtains.
(d) Her mother's shawl.

11. What does a woman called Ethel tell some children outside the Blackwoods' house?
(a) That the Blackwood sisters have magic powers.
(b) That the Blackwood sisters hunt children.
(c) That the Blackwood sisters are dead.
(d) That the Blackwood sisters torture small animals.

12. Where does Merricat take her sister in Chapter 8?
(a) To her secret hiding spot.
(b) To the summerhouse.
(c) To Helen's house.
(d) To an abandoned church.

13. What does Constance bake in Chapter 6?
(a) Brownies.
(b) Gingerbread.
(c) Apple crumble.
(d) A cherry pie.

14. What does Merricat notice about Constance in Chapter 8?
(a) Constance's eyes are red.
(b) Constance is limping.
(c) Constance is in a bad mood.
(d) Constance is well made-up.

15. What does Merricat consider burying in honor of Julian in Chapter 9?
(a) A piece of tasselled cord.
(b) His papers.
(c) His wheelchair.
(d) A golden marble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a song that Constance plays in Chapter 6?

2. What does Constance ask Merricat to do before dinner?

3. In the board game in Merricat's mind, what is the result of the fire?

4. What does Merricat feel within the house when she goes home in Chapter 8?

5. What does Constance decide to do with Uncle Julian's papers?

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