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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wakes Jim and Will up?
(a) Screams
(b) Laughter
(c) A train
(d) Music

2. Where does the train stop?
(a) A meadow
(b) A cornfield
(c) The town center
(d) A ghetto

3. What remains where the lady in ice once was?
(a) Her foot
(b) A pool of water
(c) A cigar
(d) A knife

4. What does Will hear his father burn?
(a) A handbill
(b) A dollar note
(c) A newspaper
(d) A book

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

6. What great thing happens to children in June?
(a) The rain stops
(b) The summer begins
(c) The sun comes out
(d) Baseball season starts

7. Where does Mr. Halloway go after the library?
(a) A brothel
(b) A restaurant
(c) A saloon
(d) Home

8. Where does Will hide at Miss Foley's house?
(a) A bush
(b) A wine cellar
(c) A tree
(d) Long grass

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

10. What does Mr. Crosetti say he can smell?
(a) Coffee
(b) Cotton candy
(c) A storm
(d) Cows

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

12. What kind of song does Mr. Halloway hear a man humming?
(a) A folk song
(b) A Christmas song
(c) A jazz song
(d) A pop song

13. Why does Will decide to stay at the carnival?
(a) To ride the carousel
(b) To find Mr. Fury
(c) To find the little girl
(d) To speak to Mr. Dark

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

15. What is the man's suit made out of?
(a) Skin
(b) Hair
(c) Rubber
(d) Plastic

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on Hickory Street?

2. Who does Will think will kill him and Jim?

3. What does Mr. Halloway see a sculpture of in the window?

4. Who does Miss Foley think the 12-year-old boy is?

5. Who does the man in the suit introduce himself as?

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