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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 are lying all around Zach in his dream when he falls asleep in the library in Chapter 13?
(a) Glass bottles.
(b) Broken dolls.
(c) Silver leaves.
(d) Dead spiders.

2. What time is it when Zach pulls himself to shore with the Queen in Chapter 12?
(a) 3:20.
(b) 3:30.
(c) 3:54.
(d) 3:43.

3. What does the librarian ask Zach after he talks to his father in Chapter 15?
(a) What they are trying to find.
(b) How old he is.
(c) Why they broke into the library.
(d) What they are doing so far from home.

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

5. Poppy says in Chapter 14, "I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like" what?
(a) "Going to jail."
(b) "Dying."
(c) "Getting boring."
(d) "Becoming a zombie."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gathers flowers for Eleanor's funeral in Chapter 16?

2. How much money does Alice have left as she and the children break camp in Chapter 9?

3. What is Alice's secret that Poppy reveals in Chapter 12?

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

5. What does Zach say to Alice to make her feel better in the end of Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What secret does Alice reveal of Zach’s in Chapter 12? Why?

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

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

4. What do Alice, Zach, and Poppy do at the library in Chapter 13?

5. What conflict emerges between Poppy, Zach, and Alice in Chapter 10? What threats are made?

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

7. What does Zach dream about in Chapter 13?

8. How have Zach’s perceptions of the quest changed in Chapter 9? Why have they changed?

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

10. How do Zach, Alice, and Poppy escape the room they are held in at the library in Chapter 15?

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