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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disappointing thing happens to children in September?
(a) School starts
(b) The sun disappears
(c) The rain starts
(d) Baseball season finishes

2. Where does Miss Foley want to meet Mr. Halloway?
(a) The museum
(b) The carnival
(c) The library
(d) The police station

3. What month does the novel begin in?
(a) August
(b) September
(c) October
(d) November

4. Where are the boy and Miss Foley going after dinner?
(a) The saloon
(b) The carnival
(c) The library
(d) Will's house

5. Who does Miss Foley telephone?
(a) Mr. Halloway
(b) Mr. Dark
(c) Mr. Coogar
(d) Will

6. What does Tom Fury help people do?
(a) Feel good about themselves
(b) Use lightning for electricity
(c) Protect their houses from storms
(d) Spend their money

7. What is Mr. Dark's arm covered in?
(a) Scars
(b) Hair
(c) Tattoos
(d) Bruises

8. What does Jim ask Will to hold?
(a) His bag
(b) His magazines
(c) His books
(d) His drink

9. Where do the two boys go after supper?
(a) The library
(b) The playground
(c) The pool hall
(d) The golf course

10. Who jumps on the merry-go-round?
(a) Mr. Fury
(b) Mr. Coogar
(c) Mr. Dark
(d) Jim

11. Who does Miss Foley think the 12-year-old boy is?
(a) Her brother
(b) Her nephew
(c) Her son
(d) Her sweetheart

12. What does Jim favor over talking?
(a) Arguing
(b) Action
(c) Reading
(d) Running away

13. What does Halloway think women are?
(a) Day
(b) Glass
(c) Night
(d) Time

14. What have Jim and Will nailed into the ivy?
(a) Dead animals
(b) A rope ladder
(c) Boards
(d) Iron rungs

15. What does Mr. Coogar turn into?
(a) An old woman
(b) A dwarf
(c) A tiger
(d) A twelve-year-old boy

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Jim and Will see flying above the train?

2. Where does the train stop?

3. What happens when Mr. Dark turns on the electric chair?

4. Who does Jim want to apologize to?

5. What does Will hear his father burn?

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