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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the occupation of the tall man who appears in Chapter 1?
(a) Artist.
(b) Writer.
(c) Real estate agent.
(d) Politician.

2. Who sold the Marsten House?
(a) Susan Norton, the probate lawyer.
(b) Ben Mears, the owner's heir.
(c) Hubert Marsten, the owner.
(d) Larry Crockett, the local real estate agent.

3. Who does Ben Mears meet in the park in Chapter 2?
(a) Susan.
(b) Matt.
(c) Floyd.
(d) Weasel.

4. Why is Parkins Gillespie unconcerned about the missing boy?
(a) He thinks he will come home when he is hungry.
(b) He thinks he only got lost.
(c) He thinks he knows where he is.
(d) He thinks he went to a friends and lost track of time.

5. To whom was the Marsten House sold?
(a) Ben Mears.
(b) Hubert Marsten, Jr.
(c) Larry Crockett.
(d) Straker and Barlow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Floyd Tibbits about the thing Mike Ryerson found when he got to work that morning?

2. Who dared nine-year-old Ben Mears to go inside Marsten House?

3. What does Straker call Larry Crockett to ask him to arrange?

4. Who tells her daughter she disapproves of Ben Mears?

5. Who is Marsten House named for?

(see the answer key)

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