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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 aroma does Ethan frequently smell after his recurring dreams and when strange things happen in the novel?
(a) Honeysuckle and cinnamon.
(b) Rotten meat and eggs.
(c) Rosemary and lemons.
(d) Jasmine and berries.

2. What are the names of Ethan’s three elderly aunts he visits every week?
(a) Mercy, Prudence, and Grace.
(b) Sarafine, Emily, and Ridley.
(c) Mary, Katherine, and Christina.
(d) Elizabeth, Marsha, and Sarah.

3. Ethan’s aunts mention that Macon Ravenwood is often seen where in the evenings?
(a) The library.
(b) The DAR building.
(c) The cemetary.
(d) The town hall.

4. Who is the woman that Lena and Ethan encounter when they are transported through time to the plantation in “Greenbrier”?
(a) Genevieve.
(b) Grace.
(c) Prudence.
(d) Thelma.

5. By what name does Lena call Ridley’s mother in the novel?
(a) Aunt Thelma.
(b) Sister Mercy.
(c) Aunt Del.
(d) Aunt Sarafine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lena tells Ethan in “A Crack in the Plaster” that most of her family members with magical abilities learned to control them by what time?

2. What is the date inscribed on the locket that Ethan has found in “Greenbrier”?

3. What is the name of the song that Ethan discovers on his iPod after his recurring dream in “Dream On”?

4. “Boo Radley” is a famous character that originally appeared in what novel?

5. What is the name of Aunt Del’s ten-year-old daughter in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ethan describe the physicality between himself and Lena in the early chapters of the novel?

2. What does the reader learn about the significance of the library in “The Real Boo Radley”?

3. When Ethan touches the locket while at church in “The Sisters,” what scene unfolds?

4. How does Lena explain her personal predicament to Ethan in “A Crack in the Plaster”?

5. What supernatural incidents are described in the opening of “The Real Boo Radley”?

6. What is significant about the kitchen in Ravenwood Manor, as seen in “The Real Boo Radley”?

7. What is significant about the conversation between Ethan and Lena regarding the storm in “Collision”?

8. Where is Ethan’s mother in the story? What is the impact of her absence as seen in “The Middle of Nowhere”?

9. Why is Lena upset when she, Ethan, and Marian return to the present in “Marian the Librarian”? How does Marian respond?

10. What is the significance of the numbers written on Lena’s hand in the novel?

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