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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jacob become more curious about as he gets older?
(a) Why his father will not speak to Abe.
(b) The reason is mother is in an insane asylum.
(c) The stories his grandfather tells him.
(d) Why his mother will not speak to Abe.

2. Why does Abe go to a special school when he is young?
(a) To escape monsters that are after him.
(b) He is extremely intelligent.
(c) He is an orphan.
(d) He is blind.

3. What does Jacob's grandfather want when he calls Jacob?
(a) To tell Jacob a monster is on the way to where Jacob works.
(b) His key.
(c) To tell Jacob to run and hide.
(d) To ask Jacob where Jacob's mother is.

4. What seems to attract most of Jacob's father's attention?
(a) Tracking down birds.
(b) The architecture.
(c) A middle-aged woman he knew in childhood.
(d) The plethora of spiders.

5. What does Jacob learn about "the Home" when he arrives on the island?
(a) No one has ever heard of it.
(b) It is abandoned, far away, and dangerous.
(c) It is right next door to their inn.
(d) It is only about a mile from their inn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jacob's father say about Abe that angers Jacob?

2. What is one story Abe tells Jacob?

3. What do Jacob's parents and the police not believe?

4. What does Jacob's aunt give him?

5. What is in the house Jacob is tricked into entering?

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