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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. Why does Gillian light a black candle and repeat a phrase three times?
(a) To keep Sally from charming Ben.
(b) To keep the police from finding Jimmy's bones.
(c) To be strong enough to refuse Ben's offers.
(d) To hex Jimmy's ghost.

2. What happens to Gillian many times per day?
(a) She sees ghosts.
(b) She is called by creditors.
(c) She hears Jimmy's voice.
(d) She receives calls from Ben Frye.

3. For what is the Owens family blamed?
(a) The lack of marriagable men since Jet and Frances married the only two bachelors.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The real estate prices rising.
(d) Anything that goes wrong in the town.

4. What seems to be foreshadowing something happening?
(a) A group of signs that present themselves to Sally.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Kylie's severe withdrawal from everyone.
(d) Antonia's change of heart about her sister.

5. What makes Scott think differently of Antonia?
(a) She earns all A's in school.
(b) She gives him advice about the stock market.
(c) She cries in front of him.
(d) She is very witty to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the townspeople think about Jet and Frances?

2. Who is Irene?

3. What does Gillian believe about the world?

4. How does Gillian say she feels towards her boyfriend?

5. How old is Kylie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sally figure out that Kylie will never be normal?

2. What do the children in the town mothers do?

3. What does Gillian learn about Ben and how do the other women in town feel about him?

4. Why was everyone so upset at Kylie's birthday dinner?

5. What does Gillian tell Sally about her boyfriend, Jimmy?

6. What do Sally and Gillian swear to each other and why do they swear it?

7. What do Sally and Gillian fight about that causes Kylie to tell them about the man in the backyard?

8. What does Kylie hear from the man in the back yard and what does she try to do about it? What is the man causing everyone in the house to have?

9. What do Sally and Gillian do with Jimmy and what happens immediately after they do it?

10. What happens when Sally hears a knock on the door one night?

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