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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What book does one of the other mothers give to Jack?
(a) A Child's Bible: Stores from the Old and New Testaments.
(b) Frog and Toad.
(c) One Fish, Two Fish.
(d) Green Eggs and Ham.

3. Where do the teenagers decamp from the house to in Chapter 2?
(a) A neighboring state.
(b) A new house nearby.
(c) A delta.
(d) A camper.

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

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

6. What do Evie and the other teenagers put into a hat in Chapter 1?
(a) Anonymous descriptions of their parents' careers.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Money.
(d) Straws.

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

8. What does Evie's mother do when she waves at her mother in Chapter 3?
(a) Asks her to get some more chips for her.
(b) Runs to hug her.
(c) Ignores her completely.
(d) Gives her some money.

9. Who figures out who Eve's mother is?
(a) David.
(b) Jen.
(c) Terry.
(d) Dee.

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

11. Who is a germaphobe among the teenagers?
(a) Jen.
(b) Dee.
(c) David.
(d) Evie.

12. Who comes to the delta in Chapter 2 who has been missing from the great house?
(a) David.
(b) Dee.
(c) Alycia.
(d) Jen.

13. Why do the parents say they can not leave the great house in Chapter 4?
(a) They have to wait for the house's owner to return their calls.
(b) They can not drive under the influence.
(c) They need to repair the storm damage or they will not get their deposit back.
(d) They have nowhere else to go.

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

15. What does Terry ask the parents not to do in Chapter 1?
(a) Hug the teenagers.
(b) Go boating.
(c) Drink so much.
(d) Come into the teenagers' attic room.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Jack and Shel bring into the house in Chapter 3 that alarms Eve?

3. Who goes missing right before the teenagers leave in Chapter 4?

4. Where does Evie find Jen and Terry during the storm preparations?

5. How long after the rain stopped did it take for the flood waters to begin to recede?

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