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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 color hair is Genevieve described as having in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?
(a) Red
(b) Blue
(c) Black
(d) Blond

2. By what name does Ethan refer to Amma’s “death-defying, all-powerful wooden spoon of justice” in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?
(a) The Boy-Beater
(b) The One-Eyed Menace
(c) The Shifter Softer
(d) The Sybil Sword

3. What has Amma sprinkled along the windowsills to keep spirits out in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?
(a) Baking soda
(b) Pepper
(c) Ashes
(d) Salt

4. What book does Ethan describe reading that is about a man who voyages into the nine circles of Hell in Chapter 1: "Home"?
(a) Poetics
(b) The Divine Comedy
(c) Inferno
(d) Romeo and Juliet

5. Who is waiting for Ethan and his mother when they return to the land of the dead in Chapter 10: "Snake Eyes"?
(a) The Lilum
(b) Aunt Prue
(c) Ryan
(d) Aunt Del

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the aunt that Amma says Ethan is with in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles"?

2. What is the answer to the clue Ethan puts in the crossword puzzle for eleven across: “As in, apparition or phantasm” in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

3. Who is described in the newspaper as having won the Carolina Duck-Calling contest in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

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

5. What book by Jack Kerouac does Ethan pull from the pile of books under his bed in Chapter 1: "Home"?

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