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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. Who rides on the handlebars when the children steal bicycles after escaping the library?
(a) Poppy.
(b) Helen.
(c) Alicia.
(d) Patricia.

2. Who is the ferryman from Greek mythology that is alluded to in Chapter 10?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Charon.
(d) Archimedes.

3. What symbol is described on the sail of the sailboat that Zach finds in Chapter 10?
(a) A lion.
(b) A sunfish.
(c) A diamond.
(d) A heart.

4. Who is last to get back on the boat after it overturns in Chapter 11?
(a) Poppy.
(b) Alice.
(c) Zach.
(d) Sarah.

5. Where did Alice's father work?
(a) At a church.
(b) At the college.
(c) At the courthouse.
(d) At a butcher shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the librarian offer Zach, Alice, and Poppy to drink in Chapter 14?

2. How much money does Zach have left as he and the girls break camp in Chapter 9?

3. What is Zach looking up at in his dream when he falls asleep in the library in Chapter 13?

4. Why does Zach want ghosts to be real in Chapter 9?

5. What store in East Liverpool has "Final Sale" signs posted everywhere?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alice respond when she sees the campsite in Chapter 9?

2. Why does Zach feel responsible for the troubles that he, Alice, and Poppy are facing in Chapter 12?

3. What prior sailing experience does Zach have when he pirates the boat? How does he employ this experience?

4. What causes the boat to capsize in Chapter 11? How is it righted?

5. What is peculiar about the way the Queen is perceived by minor characters in the novel?

6. How is the librarian described in Chapter 14? What is her response when she discovers the children in the library?

7. How do Alice, Poppy, and Zach enter the library in Chapter 13?

8. How is the boat described that Zach pirates in Chapter 10?

9. How does Zach compare adventures in books to reality in Chapter 10?

10. How do Poppy, Alice, and Zach make their way to the cemetery in Chapter 16?

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