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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Amanda not help herself but blame the Washingtons for in Chapter 28?
(a) The fact that her car broke down.
(b) The soiled state of the pool.
(c) The terrible things that the herd of deer seemed to predict.
(d) Bringing the world into their vacation house - and all its current misery.

2. What does the narrator say you get a sense of in the woods?
(a) A sense of a supernatural presence.
(b) A sense of danger.
(c) A sense of something you cannot see no matter how you try.
(d) A sense of your own mortality.

3. Where do Archie and Rose go together in Chapter 19?
(a) Exploring the woods.
(b) To the beach.
(c) To the newspaper stand.
(d) To the town.

4. What does G.H. consider high praise in Chapter 18?
(a) Telling Clay and Amanda they seem well-educated.
(b) Telling Amanda her children are polite.
(c) Telling Amanda she is attractive.
(d) Telling Amanda she seems rich.

5. What does Ruth make in Chapter 22 for the adults?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Cocktails.
(c) Cake.
(d) Tea.

6. What does Amanda ask Clay to do in Chapter 26 as an emergency measure?
(a) Buy more food.
(b) Grow a garden.
(c) Fill bathtubs with water.
(d) Tape the windows shut.

7. In Chapter 31, what do the adults do in the beginning?
(a) Play a board game.
(b) Listen to music.
(c) Eat together.
(d) Count their money.

8. Why does Rose get startled in Chapter 19?
(a) She walks through a spider web.
(b) A hummingbird runs into her.
(c) She steps on a thorn.
(d) A bee stings her.

9. What happens again in Chapter 31 that terrifies everyone?
(a) A terrible loud sound happens again.
(b) Archie throws up again.
(c) Rose starts throwing up.
(d) A knock comes on the door.

10. In Chapter 30, who comes into the hot tub with Amana?
(a) Archie.
(b) Clay.
(c) G.H.
(d) Ruth.

11. Who is the only person Rose tells about seeing the deer?
(a) Archie.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Clay.
(d) G.H.

12. In Chapter 34, what does G.H. say they should do with Archie?
(a) Go to the beach.
(b) Go to the family's pediatrician.
(c) Go to the emergency room.
(d) Go to G.H.'s own doctor.

13. What is Amanda's reply when Clay tells her he loves her?
(a) She says she does not love him.
(b) She tells him she loves him too.
(c) She says she is worried about Archie.
(d) She is just silent.

14. What happens in Chapter 23 that disturbs everyone?
(a) A swarm of locusts appears.
(b) A very loud and mysterious noise so strong it cracks glass.
(c) The president announces a state of emergency.
(d) A terrible rainstorm.

15. In Chapter 33, what happens to Archie?
(a) He throws up again.
(b) He begins to hallucinate.
(c) He faints.
(d) His teeth start to fall out.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 29, why do Clay and Amanda have sex?

2. What does Ruth bring to Archie in Chapter 27?

3. In Chapter 34, what does G.H. offer that Ruth is not in favor of?

4. What "old idea" does Ruth bring up to Amanda in Chapter 17?

5. In Chapter 34, who goes missing?

(see the answer keys)

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