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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people are eventually revealed to have been killed in the explosion featured on the news?
(a) 31.
(b) 53.
(c) 23.
(d) 12.

2. Who was the first person to ignite Chuck's love of reading?
(a) His mother.
(b) His teacher.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His grandfather.

3. Albie told his grandson Chuck that he had "only been up to that damn cupola" (134) how many times in total?
(a) 24.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

4. In what year was Chuck's childhood home with his grandparents built, according to Albie?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1901.

5. What is the name of the therapist to whom Holly told her story about the Outsider?
(a) Carl.
(b) Jeffrey.
(c) Alan.
(d) Allie.

6. In what state was the door to the cupola throughout Chuck's childhood?
(a) Locked.
(b) Barricaded.
(c) Broken.
(d) Missing.

7. What name did Chuck call his grandmother Sarah until he was in third grade?
(a) Nana.
(b) Bubbie.
(c) Meemaw.
(d) Whodoo.

8. When Holly gets a call in the section entitled "December 15, 2020," she then travels home to which state?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Maine.

9. In what month just after the end of Chuck's eighth grade year did his grandmother Sarah die?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) May.

10. The first time the scene changes within "December 8-9, 2020," Holly is getting ready to watch what type of show at 3 in the afternoon?
(a) Documentary.
(b) Court.
(c) Talk show.
(d) Soap opera.

11. Holly asserts in the section called "December 16, 2020" that the Outsider from the Marysville Hole did not show up in what way?
(a) On paper.
(b) On film.
(c) In print.
(d) In person.

12. Albie told Chuck that he visited the cupola so infrequently because it was full of what?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Dust.
(c) Memories.
(d) Ghosts.

13. In the section called "December 17, 2020," Holly arranges to meet Chet at what location the following day?
(a) The amusement park.
(b) The library.
(c) The elementary school.
(d) The mall.

14. Chuck found out from a neighbor that Henry Peterson had been affiliated with his father in what way?
(a) His therapist.
(b) His lawyer.
(c) His tailor.
(d) His accountant.

15. Albie is said to have "at least" told "part of the truth" (133) about the cupola to his grandson Chuck just before Chuck turned how old?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. What malady contributed to the death of Holly's former business partner, Bill Hodges?

2. What kind of person strokes his mustache when the section entitled "December 8-9, 2020" begins?

3. In the section entitled "December 14, 2020," Holly researches Chet Ondowsky and discovers that his real name is what?

4. In what year of high school was Chuck when his grandfather Albie died?

5. In the section entitled "December 18, 2020," Holly again visits which character?

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