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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 book was Zach reading when Poppy first met him?
(a) April Rabbits.
(b) The Once and Future King.
(c) James and the Giant Peach.
(d) Harry Potter and the Emperor's Stone.

2. Why is Zach relieved when he and the girls are unable to make a fire without being seen in Chapter 7?
(a) Because he doesn't know how to start a fire.
(b) Because he is afraid of fire.
(c) Because he wanted to use his headlamp.
(d) Because it would be more romantic in the dark.

3. Where does Zach keep his action figures?
(a) In a crawlspace behind the couch.
(b) In a box.under his bed.
(c) In a jar by the basement door.
(d) In a duffel bag in his closet.

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

5. How long ago does the narrator say Alice first brought her Lady Jaye doll into the game in Chapter 4?
(a) 6 months ago.
(b) 3 months ago.
(c) 1 month ago.
(d) 1 year ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Zach's dad say he was going to run a restaurant when he left Zach's mother?

2. What does Poppy's mother dream of doing with the Queen one day?

3. What recurring nightmare of William the Blade's does Zach describe in his answers to Poppy's "Questions" in Chapter 2?

4. How do Poppy and Alice escape from the bus station in Chapter 6?

5. What do the children call the junkyard that specializes in metal near Zach's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has happened to Zach’s action figures in Chapter 2?

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

4. How is Tinshoe Jones described? What does Tinshoe tell Alice, Poppy, and Zach?

5. Where do Zach, Alice, and Poppy get off the bus in Chapter 6? What do they do after departing the bus?

6. What is Zach’s greatest conflict as he walks home from school in Chapter 3?

7. What does Zach discover when he awakens at the campsite in Chapter 8?

8. What superstition does Poppy describe when the children pass the graveyard in Chapter 3?

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

10. How is the character of William the Blade described in Chapter 1?

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