3. Which of the characters below is seriously ill during this section of the novel?
(a) Grandfather
(b) Jorge
(c) Colonel Freeleigh
(d) Douglas

4. What does Tom use to help determine the weather?
(a) Fireflies
(b) Crickets
(c) Cicadas
(d) Beetles

5. How long has the wax tarot card witch been around?
(a) Since grandfather was a boy
(b) Since great-grandma was born
(c) Since Tom was born
(d) Since Douglas was born

6. Who comes to talk to Douglas about how some people feel things more than others?
(a) Great grandfather
(b) Father
(c) Mr. Jonas
(d) John

7. Which of the following descriptions best matches what the children thought the Lonely One looked like?
(a) Tall, pale with dark hair
(b) Chubby and red-faced
(c) Tall, dark skin, and light hair
(d) Short, dark with light hair

8. How does the nurse hope to prevent Colonel Freeleigh from making any more phone calls?
(a) Has long distance calls blocked
(b) Unplugs the phone
(c) Gives him a sedative
(d) Hides his wheelchair

9. Which of the following terms best describes how Grandma is when it comes to her recipes?
(a) Forthcoming
(b) Surprising
(c) Evasive
(d) Angry

10. What part of her body did Elmira Brown injure just before her husband returned home?
(a) Leg
(b) Arm
(c) Head
(d) Finger

11. Who does Douglas join for ice cream at the drugstore?
(a) Bill Forrester
(b) Colonel Freeleigh
(c) Helen Loomis
(d) Mrs. Bentley

12. Which of the following is one of Elmira's major faults?
(a) Gossipy tongue
(b) Wicked and evil
(c) Practicing witchcraft
(d) Trusting

13. Which of the following characters is an active, spry woman in her nineties?
(a) Great-grandma
(b) Lavinia
(c) Elmira
(d) Helen

14. How will Bill know when Helen has died?
(a) He'll read about it in the paper
(b) He'll be visited by her ghost
(c) He'll get a blue envelope
(d) He'll hear the gossip

15. Where does Douglas go to find wisdom?
(a) Museum
(b) Gypsy
(c) Arcade
(d) Leo