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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) Anomaly
(b) Sheer
(c) Spirit
(d) Poltergeist

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

3. Aunt Prue says she gave Lena what object so that she could stay in contact with her in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) A ruby ring
(b) A rive eye stone
(c) A rose necklace
(d) A pearl bracelet

4. What are the songs called that Ethan’s mother says she sent him in Chapter 2: "Fried Green Tomatoes"?
(a) The Moon Songs
(b) The Shadowing Songs
(c) The Sun Songs
(d) The Psalm Songs

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

6. Ethan says in Chapter 6: "Silver Button,” “I was brought up to be” what?
(a) A good Southern boy
(b) A noble and honest man
(c) A well-read scholar
(d) A Wayward

7. In the prologue to the book, “Beginning Again,” Lena reveals that Ethan was killed when he jumped off of what?
(a) The canoe on the River Styx
(b) The Summerville water tower
(c) The Empire State building
(d) The Gatlin River bridge

8. Ethan says in Chapter 4: “Catfish Crossin’,” “Getting Aunt Prue to say the one thing you wanted her to say, right when you wanted her to say it, was like thinking you could” what?
(a) Stop time
(b) Catch a catfish at sea
(c) Ask the sun to shine
(d) Go back in time and change the past

9. Who tells Ethan that he must destroy his page from the Caster Chronicles in order to attain his objective in Chapter 10: "Snake Eyes"?
(a) Obidias
(b) Xavier
(c) Bud Clayton
(d) Uncle Barclay

10. What are stacked in the middle of Lena’s room in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?
(a) Old photographs
(b) Suitcases
(c) Casting books
(d) Poetry books

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

12. 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) Turn on the oven
(d) Open a jar

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

14. When Ethan opens the bottle in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles" and the narrative transitions to Amma’s childhood, what is Amma’s great-great-great grandmother called?
(a) Del the Delinquent
(b) Sarafine the Shifter
(c) Paula the Palimpset
(d) Sulla the Prophet

15. Who is described in the newspaper as having won the Carolina Duck-Calling contest in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?
(a) Barclay Deacon
(b) Peter Jackson
(c) Bud Clayton
(d) James Wyatt

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the answer to the clue Ethan puts in the crossword puzzle: “As in, how I feel about you, Lena Duchannes” in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

2. What is the answer to the clue Ethan puts in the crossword puzzle: “As in, as hard as I can, every minute of every day” in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

3. What word is written on the sheet of notebook paper that Lena leaves on Ethan’s grave in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?

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

5. What card does Ethan refer to as his card in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles"?

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