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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Don tell Malorie and Olympia to do to their babies?
(a) Feed them canned peas.
(b) Blind them.
(c) Sterilize their drinking water.
(d) Wrap them in blankets.

2. What does Malorie notice when she looks at herself in the mirror?
(a) Her arms are muscular.
(b) Her eyes look tired.
(c) Her hair is the longest it has been since she was a child.
(d) She has a pimple.

3. What does Malorie think is happening at the beginning of Chapter 36?
(a) The Boy is choking.
(b) Someone is following them.
(c) The Girl is crying.
(d) The rowboat has a leak.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Tom and Jules decide against opening their eyes in the first house?

2. What does Jules find in the second house on his and Tom's excursion?

3. How does Tom mark their lawn before leaving?

4. Why does Malorie think that Gary knew they were in the house?

5. To what does does Malorie awaken in the rowboat after having passed out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What object belonging to one of the housemates does Malorie steal?

2. Why does Tom claim that they need medicine at the house?

3. How does Malorie consider blinding her children?

4. What is written on the sign on the bodies of the parents that Tom and Jules find?

5. What do the housemates decide to do with Gary?

6. What does Malorie do when the Girl refuses to eat?

7. How do the housemates determine whether to let the new entrant inside the house in Chapter 27?

8. Who is the housemate who arrives in Chapter 27?

9. How do Tom and Jules propose to walk during their next trip outside of the house?

10. What instruments do Tom and Jules use to find their way outside of the house?

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