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

2. What does Constance give to Charles in Chapter 6?
(a) Julian's shoes.
(b) Her father's watch.
(c) The library books.
(d) A key to the gate.

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

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

5. In Chapter 6, what does Charles tell Constance she shouldn't keep in the house?
(a) A cat.
(b) Old newspapers.
(c) Julian.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Merricat return to the house in Chapter 8?

2. What does Merricat find against a bush in Chapter 9?

3. What does Julian worry about Charles seeing?

4. Where does Merricat go when Charles leaves for the village?

5. Who tells everyone at the house to stop taunting the girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Charles come back to the Blackwood house?

2. What claim does Julian make about Merricat in Chapter 7?

3. How does Charles show his greediness in Chapter 6?

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

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

6. How do the villagers show kindness in Chapter 10?

7. What state is the kitchen in when the girls return home?

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

9. How do the villagers act while the Blackwoods' house is burning? What does Charles do while the house is burning?

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

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