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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. 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 mixed tape
(b) A book of casts
(c) A Sharpie pen
(d) A Bible

3. 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"?
(a) The Read & Babble
(b) The Quiet Read
(c) The Read & Giggle
(d) The Ladies’ Reader

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

5. What does Ethan smell in Amma’s kitchen when he enters Wate’s Landing in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?
(a) Chicken and dumplings
(b) Roast chicken
(c) Beef pot roast
(d) Barbeque pork

6. What book by Jack Kerouac does Ethan pull from the pile of books under his bed in Chapter 1: "Home"?
(a) On the Road
(b) Visions of Cody
(c) Big Sur
(d) Dharma Bums

7. 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 Psalm Songs
(d) The Sun Songs

8. What word is used in the novel to describe when the characters are telepathically communicating?
(a) Necromancing
(b) Kelting
(c) Evanescing
(d) Empathing

9. 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) Go back in time and change the past
(d) Ask the sun to shine

10. What are the cards called that Amma’s grandmother reads in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles"?
(a) The Cards of Palimpset
(b) The Cards of the Tarot
(c) The Cards of Providence
(d) The Cards of Chaos

11. Who speaks to Ethan as he tries to find his way to Lena, saying “Whatcha doin’ there, boy?” in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) Genevieve
(b) Mrs. Lincoln
(c) Mrs. Winifred
(d) Sarafine

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

13. Where in Ravenwood Manor is Ethan standing when he opens his eyes in the beginning of Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?
(a) The hallway
(b) The kitchen
(c) Lena’s room
(d) Macon’s room

14. What is Ethan’s middle name?
(a) Lawson
(b) Crawford
(c) Leighton
(d) Marshall

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Amma sprinkled along the windowsills to keep spirits out in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?

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. By what name does Amma’s grandmother call her in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles"?

4. When Ethan awakens in Chapter 1: "Home,” he is in his old bedroom at what estate?

5. What kind of dogs does Aunt Prue have running around her ankles in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?

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