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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. Where does Merricat go when Charles leaves for the village?
(a) To the attic.
(b) To her father's bedroom.
(c) To the village.
(d) To her secret hiding place.

2. What does Merricat propose making clothes from?
(a) Julian's clothes.
(b) Animal furs.
(c) Paper.
(d) Leaves and moss.

3. How does Merricat describe the life that slowly took shape for her and Constance?
(a) As happy.
(b) As unpredictable.
(c) As scary.
(d) As miserable.

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

5. Where does Merricat find Jonas sleeping in Chapter 6?
(a) Among the lettuce plants.
(b) In Charles' room.
(c) In her secret hiding place.
(d) On the roof of the porch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merricat break in Chapter 7?

2. Why did Merricat choose to put the poison in the sugar?

3. What does Merricat admire at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. Why does Constance say Helen cannot come for tea anymore?

5. Who does Jim Clarke bring to the house in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what does Merricat build to protect her and her sister? What item is brought from the house to add to it?

2. What does Merricat imagine at the end of Chapter 7?

3. In Chapter 7, what does Merricat decide to do on Thursday? What is special about Thursdays?

4. What mistakes does Constance say she has made in Chapter 6?

5. What does Merricat do when she peeks in at Charles's room in Chapter 8?

6. In Chapter 9, what does Merricat see and hear in the night from her hiding spot?

7. In Chapter 6, how does Merricat describe the way Charles has taken over her house?

8. What finally gets the villagers to leave the Blackwoods' property?

9. What does Charles say he wants to go through in Chapter 6? How does Julian react?

10. What does Merricat do in order to get Charles to leave her house?

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