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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 creatures raised the character of Aurora in the children's game?
(a) Cyclops' spawn.
(b) Carnivorous horses.
(c) Unicorns.
(d) Rabid wolves.

2. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a word made up of two other words?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Portmanteau.
(c) Congregation.
(d) Proscenium.

3. Who is the elder of Poppy's brothers that teases Zach in Chapter 1?
(a) Jack.
(b) Al.
(c) Glen.
(d) Tom.

4. What does Eleanor draw faces on to make dolls that she hides under her bed in Zach's dream in Chapter 8?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Rice sacks.
(c) Bean bags.
(d) Clothespins.

5. Why do Zach, Alice, and Poppy get off the bus before East Liverpool in Chapter 6?
(a) Because Alice decides to go home.
(b) Because the police arrest them.
(c) Because they are frightened by Tinshoe Jones.
(d) Because Zach's mother calls him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair does Poppy have?

2. Who does the ghost of Eleanor Kerchner say cremated her and made her into a doll?

3. Who claims to have intentionally stepped on cracks in order to break her mother's back in Chapter 3?

4. What is the name of the black cat that Zach's family owns?

5. What did Zach's mother study in college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is related in Alice’s note to Zach in Chapter 4? How does Zach respond?

2. Why is the emergence of William the Blade significant in Chapter 7?

3. How did Zach, Alice, and Poppy first meet, according to the flashback in Chapter 8?

4. How does Zach justify going on the quest with Alice and Poppy in Chapter 6?

5. What proof does Poppy offer of her story in Chapter 5?

6. How does Poppy describe Eleanor Kerchner’s relationship to the Queen?

7. How is Zach’s father’s history in the family described in Chapter 2? When did Zach’s father leave?

8. How is the character of Leo described? How do Zach, Alice, and Poppy know Leo?

9. Why does Poppy offer to take out the Queen in Chapter 4? What repercussions does she risk in doing so?

10. How would you describe Zach’s mindset as he walks to school in Chapter 3?

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