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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. Who becomes enamored of Gillian?
(a) Ben Frye.
(b) Gideon.
(c) Antonia.
(d) Jimmy.

2. What happens to Irene's voice?
(a) It becomes shrill.
(b) It changes pitch.
(c) The aunts take it away with a spell.
(d) Nothing.

3. What happens to the boy who does something to a cat?
(a) A tile falls on his head.
(b) He gets ill and dies.
(c) He gets a really bad sunburn.
(d) He trips and breaks his arm.

4. What does Sally think about Jimmy?
(a) He is attractive despite being dead.
(b) He look sad even as a corpse.
(c) He is ugly.
(d) He looks really mean.

5. What does Sally say to the boy who does something to a cat?
(a) That she understands his fear but it's unreasonable.
(b) That she is going to complain to the police chief who is her uncle.
(c) That one day something bad will happen to him.
(d) That she is calling the SPCA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to be foreshadowing something happening?

2. How do Sally and Gillian differ from each other?

3. What won't stay closed though Gillian tries to force it?

4. For how long has the Owens family been held to account in the town?

5. What happens to her aunt's cats one day when Sally is on the way to school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is Gillian receiving from Ben everyday and what does she think of that? How did she get to know him?

4. What is happening that has caused Gillian and Sally not to speak?

5. Why does Gillian leave the aunts' home and what does she tell Sally?

6. What was Ben told once when he had his fortune read?

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

8. What does Sally do after her husband is killed?

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

10. How does Antonia feel about Ben and Gillian getting together and what does she do about it?

(see the answer keys)

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