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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 do the older members of Ethan’s community refer to the Civil War as?
(a) The War of Northern Aggression.
(b) The War of Union Soldiers.
(c) The War of Southern Aggression.
(d) The War of the Deserters.

2. What is the name of the housekeeper/caretaker who sees over Ethan in the novel?
(a) Genevieve.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Thelma.
(d) Amma.

3. What is the name of the head librarian who was Ethan’s mother’s best friend in the novel?
(a) Grace.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Prudence.
(d) Marian.

4. On what date is “The Writing on the Wall” set?
(a) November 11.
(b) November 1.
(c) November 29.
(d) November 2.

5. Macon Ravenwood reveals that Amma has what power in “The Greats”?
(a) She is a succubus.
(b) She is a seer.
(c) She is a siren.
(d) She is a vampire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ethan find strange after he awakens from the recurring dream in “Dream On”?

2. What date opens “A Crack in the Plaster”?

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

4. The visitor who knocks at Ethan’s door late at night in “Hallow E’en” offers him what?

5. What is Ethan’s best friend “Link’s” real name in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are “The Sisters” that this chapter title references? What is their relationship to Ethan?

2. When Ethan and Lena show Marian the locket and travel back in time in “Marian the Librarian,” what scene do they arrive in?

3. How do Ethan and Lena part at the end of “Collision”? What aroma does Ethan smell at this time?

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

5. How is the setting of Gatlin, South Carolina described in “The Middle of Nowhere”? How does Ethan explain his role within the community?

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

7. What part of the library does Ethan visit for the first time in “Marian the Librarian”? How is this room described?

8. What happens outside of Ethan’s father’s study in the beginning of “Marian the Librarian”?

9. What does Ethan learn about the history of Ravenwood in “The Sisters”?

10. What is Amma’s role within the Wate household? How is her role in the family illustrated through her actions in “The Middle of Nowhere”?

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