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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: Ethan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the answer to the clue Ethan puts in the crossword puzzle for six down: “As in, parochial. Local. Insular. The place we’re stuck, whether in the Otherworld or the Mortal one” in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?
(a) Gatlin
(b) Jackson
(c) Malvern
(d) Cleveland

2. In Chapter 4: “Catfish Crossin’,” Aunt Prue tells Ethan, “you can’t make preserves until you learn how to” what?
(a) Boil water
(b) Pick berries
(c) Open a jar
(d) Turn on the oven

3. What object does Lena take out in Chapter 6: "Silver Button" that Ethan recalls giving her not long ago on the water tower?
(a) A Sharpie pen
(b) A mixed tape
(c) A Bible
(d) A book of casts

4. What does Ethan take from Aunt Prue’s hands before leaving her house as she sleeps in Chapter 4: “Catfish Crossin’”?
(a) A key
(b) A book
(c) A map
(d) A ring

5. Who goes to Ethan’s grave with Lena in Chapter 6: “Silver Button”?
(a) Sarafine
(b) Link
(c) Charlie
(d) Xavier

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ethan’s mother’s name in the novel?

2. At the newspaper office, Ethan and his mother read in the papers that “the Ladies Auxiliary of Gatlin County is starting a book club called” what, in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

3. What is the name of the newspaper Ethan’s mom says she repeatedly tried to get him to write for in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

4. What follows “Prudence Jane Statham” on her gravestone, as described in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?

5. What word is used in the novel to describe when the characters are telepathically communicating?

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