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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Malorie notice about the river?
(a) The current is moving faster.
(b) The water is murkier.
(c) The current has slowed down.
(d) The water has gotten colder.

2. What does Tom think of when he feels the tent in the street?
(a) The military.
(b) A trade show.
(c) A bake sale.
(d) A fair.

3. What does Malorie notice after Gary arrives?
(a) The house is much cleaner.
(b) The house smells much better.
(c) The house feels divided.
(d) The house smells horrible.

4. What does Tom bring back from his second excursion?
(a) Smoked salmon.
(b) A live chicken.
(c) A frozen ham.
(d) Canned crabmeat.

5. What month is it when Malorie is rowing with her children?
(a) May.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) October.

6. What does Malorie tell Olympia to do while Tom and Jules are gone?
(a) Wash the bedding.
(b) Walk Victor.
(c) Feed the birds.
(d) Make dinner.

7. Who does not want Gary to leave the safe house?
(a) Cheryl.
(b) Don.
(c) Tom.
(d) Olympia.

8. What happens when Tom and Jules enter the second house on their excursion?
(a) The door falls off the hinges.
(b) Jules' broom hits the piano.
(c) A dog starts barking.
(d) The alarm system goes off.

9. What does Malorie bring up from the cellar in Chapter 21?
(a) A radio.
(b) A can of paint thinner.
(c) A box of crayons.
(d) A vaccuum.

10. What does Jules thinks he finds in the middle of the street while on his and Tom's excursion?
(a) A pool.
(b) A tree.
(c) A tent.
(d) A school bus.

11. What does Malorie say to her baby while looking in the mirror?
(a) "Don't ever open your eyes."
(b) "I hope you are a girl."
(c) "There are so many things I want to tell you and so many that I don't."
(d) "I hope you look like Shannon."

12. What do Tom and Felix play on the radio?
(a) Malorie's mixtape.
(b) George's old cassette tapes.
(c) Felix' old records.
(d) Gary's iPod.

13. Why does Malorie think that Gary knew they were in the house?
(a) He knocked for a long time.
(b) Victor recognized him.
(c) She has seen Gary before.
(d) He called them by name.

14. What does Tom thinks he has found in a bowl in one of the houses?
(a) Melted ice cream.
(b) An eyeball.
(c) Soup.
(d) A fish.

15. Where is the child sitting that Tom encounters at the second house?
(a) In his crib.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In his parents' bedroom.
(d) In front of the television.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gary believe about the creatures?

2. What does Victor bark at in the house?

3. What kind of liquor does Malorie drink when she finds the bar?

4. What chore does Cheryl love to do?

5. What do the children say happened to Malorie while she was passed out?

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