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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. According to Bessie in Chapter Five, how did their mother handle the fire?
(a) By feeding them.
(b) By praying over them.
(c) By spanking them.
(d) By throwing them into the shower.

2. What item of clothing does Lillian take from the twins' grandmother?
(a) Silk pajamas.
(b) A ballgown.
(c) A muumuu.
(d) A robe.

3. According to Lillian in Chapter One, what punishment did Lillian receive in high school, instead of Madison?
(a) Expulsion.
(b) Prosecution.
(c) Suspension.
(d) Detention.

4. According to Carl in Chapter Three, the twins are not used to what?
(a) Transformations.
(b) Transfigurations.
(c) Transmutations.
(d) Transitions.

5. What happens when the twins see their father for the first time in Chapter Four?
(a) The burst into tremors.
(b) They burst into tears.
(c) They burst into laughter.
(d) They burst into flames.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the novel take place?

2. What is Lillian's plan for the twins, as she explains in Chapter Five?

3. What small miracle amazes Lillian in Chapter Three?

4. According to Lillian in Chapter One, where does Madison live?

5. What does Jasper tell Lillian in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lillian feel about the children in Chapter Four?

2. Describe Lillian's present circumstances as explained in Chapter One.

3. What job opportunity does Madison have for Lillian, as explained in Chapter One?

4. How does Lillian convince the twins to come with her in Chapter Three?

5. Describe Lillian's appearance at the beginning of Chapter Four. How does she describe herself?

6. What does Jasper tell Lillian in Chapter Two? How does she respond?

7. According to Bessie in Chapter Five, how did their mother deal with their unique ability?

8. Who is Carl? What do we learn about him in the first three chapters of the novel?

9. What amazes the twins about the guesthouse when they first encounter it in Chapter Five?

10. Where did Lillian meet Madison? What happened there?

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