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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Evie finally find Jack as the storm preparations are happening?
(a) In the attic of the great house.
(b) In the treehouses.
(c) In the basement of the great house.
(d) In a muddy cove of the lake.

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

5. Where does Evie find Jen and Terry during the storm preparations?
(a) Back on the delta.
(b) Making out in the greenhouse.
(c) Fixing the boats to the shed.
(d) Hiding in the treehouses.

6. How does Evie find out the identity of Low's father?
(a) Low's father berates him for not helping with the preparations.
(b) Low's father pulls him by the ear away from the water.
(c) Low's father gives him his inhaltor.
(d) Low's father gives him his EpiPen.

7. Who does Evie kiss during a game the teenagers play?
(a) Terry.
(b) Juicy.
(c) David.
(d) Low.

8. Who is Evie's favorite person?
(a) Juicy.
(b) Jack.
(c) Shel.
(d) Ricky.

9. What kind of skull does Evie and her friends find in Chapter 1?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A skunk.
(c) An owl.
(d) A dinosaur, or maybe a porpoise.

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

11. What does Jack think God is a codeword for in the Bible?
(a) Magic.
(b) Love.
(c) Nature.
(d) Trickery.

12. Where does Evie say they once lived early in Chapter 1?
(a) A summer country.
(b) A fort.
(c) An igloo.
(d) The suburbs.

13. What does Evie describe as the parents' hobby?
(a) Bicycling.
(b) Painting.
(c) Boating.
(d) Drinking.

14. How does Evie refer to the house the parents have rented for the summer?
(a) As the fortress.
(b) As the mansion.
(c) As the great house.
(d) As the nightmare.

15. What are the parents doing when the teenagers get back from the delta?
(a) Off on vacation somewhere else.
(b) Preparing for the big storm.
(c) Swimming in the lake.
(d) Running races in the motorboats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jen's younger brother?

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

3. Who is on the small raft that gets snagged in a clump of reeds in the cove of the lake?

4. What does Burl see that leads him to warn the teenagers it is best to leave the great house?

5. What do the parents begin doing in Chapter 4?

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