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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 does the McGill do with the objects he acquires?
(a) He distributes them to Afterlights.
(b) He displays them in a museum.
(c) He hoards them.
(d) He takes them apart and rebuilds them into gadgets.

2. What happens when Nick starts swinging himself like a pendulum?
(a) He accomplishes nothing.
(b) He grabs onto a higher rope.
(c) He gets entangled with Lief.
(d) He breaks his rope.

3. Can Mary's transportation hold all thousand rescued children?
(a) No, it's not designed to.
(b) No, though it's designed to hold more.
(c) Yes, it's designed to hold more.
(d) Yes, though it's not designed to.

4. What does Nick see above him in the chiming room?
(a) An alarm.
(b) A light fixture.
(c) A crack.
(d) A grate.

5. How does the McGill feel about running across Allie?
(a) Unlucky.
(b) Angry.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Lucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nick manage to cut his rope?

2. Where do Nick and Lief end up, after running from the ship's crew?

3. Where on the ship does Nick go to hide?

4. What did the McGill do to the Haunter's wraith-warriors?

5. What effect does being trapped in the barrel have on Nick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect does seeing his picture have on the McGill?

2. What is the old man in the engine room thinking about, when Allie enters his thoughts?

3. Why doesn't Allie free Nick and Lief when she first finds them?

4. What is chiming?

5. How does the McGill describe sinking down into the Earth?

6. What does Allie plan to do after she gets home?

7. How does the McGill change his physical shape for Allie?

8. Why does Choo-Choo Charlie like Penn Station?

9. What does the McGill look like?

10. What does Allie grab onto to get on the McGill's ship?

(see the answer keys)

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