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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Jack and Shel bring into the house in Chapter 3 that alarms Eve?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A snake.
(c) A beehive.
(d) A scorpion.

2. Which animal startles Eve when it lands on her in Chapter 4?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A robin.
(c) An owl.
(d) A hawk.

3. What was the only meal the teenagers were forced to attend with the parents?
(a) Brunch.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Lunch.

4. What or who is hit by lightning in Chapter 4?
(a) Terry's skunk.
(b) Dee.
(c) One of the pet dogs.
(d) The weathervane.

5. What is a liability in the parent game?
(a) Money.
(b) Medical problems.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Younger siblings.

6. What do the parents do when they realize the teenagers are leaving the great house all together?
(a) Run after the cars.
(b) Throw bottles at the teenagers.
(c) Threaten Burl with prosecution.
(d) Call the police.

7. What does Kay do to Amy in Chapter 3?
(a) Pushes her into a bee nest.
(b) Stabs her with a stick.
(c) Trips her.
(d) Hits her in the head with a rock.

8. What do Evie and her friends do with the pets in Chapter 1 to amuse themselves and the parents?
(a) Put them in a play.
(b) Teach them new tricks like shaking and rolling over.
(c) Teach them to swim.
(d) Put them in a canoe.

9. What does Evie view the parents as in Chapter 1?
(a) Icons of style.
(b) Good examples.
(c) A cautionary tale.
(d) People who she might be able to like some day.

10. What does Eve hear about the lake after the storm that upsets her and makes her afraid of the water?
(a) It is likely to have fires starting on it.
(b) It just keeps rising and rising.
(c) It is likely to have large human-eating snakes in it.
(d) It is a toxic soup.

11. Which animal does serious damage to its wire cage in Chapter 4?
(a) A skunk.
(b) A snake.
(c) A fox.
(d) A possum.

12. Who is Terry's mother?
(a) An artist.
(b) A gynecologist.
(c) A gym teacher.
(d) A lawyer.

13. What does Eve decide to do while the parents are distracted in Chapter 3?
(a) Smoke some weed.
(b) Get the teenagers' phones back.
(c) Steal alcohol from the parents' stash.
(d) Buy things online.

14. What does Evie do with Amy after Amy's injury?
(a) Stitches her knee up.
(b) Stanches the blood flow with a rag.
(c) Picks her up and carries her into the house.
(d) Pulls out the bee stingers.

15. What does Burl do for a living?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He is a veterinarian.
(c) He is a dentist.
(d) He is a groundskeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Evie's mother teach?

2. What are Jack and Shel doing when Evie finds them in Chapter 3?

3. Where do the teenagers decamp from the house to in Chapter 2?

4. What does James ask the teenagers that they are confused about in Chapter 2?

5. Which of the teenagers goes up on the roof to try to repair the weatherproofing there?

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