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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. What do people see through the window of the fifth house?
(a) People kissing
(b) People undressing
(c) People playing poker
(d) People taking drugs

2. Why does Jim want Will to leave?
(a) Mr. Coogar won't come out
(b) He wants time on his own
(c) It is not safe
(d) He does not like him

3. What celebration is happening in a week's time?
(a) Christmas
(b) Thanksgiving
(c) Halloween
(d) New Years

4. What does Jim tell Will he wants to see?
(a) Lightning
(b) A film
(c) A carnival
(d) Girls

5. Who does Jim want to apologize to?
(a) The police
(b) Mr. Dark
(c) Miss Foley
(d) Mr. Coogar

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Crosetti say he can smell?

2. What does the piece of paper advertise?

3. Who is Miss Foley searching for?

4. Who does Jim's mother say Jim looks like?

5. What does Jim ask Will to hold?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Cooger rides on the carousel?

2. What is strange about the carnival and its people?

3. What does Mr. Halloway see in the shop window on the way back from work?

4. How does Robert react to seeing Will and Jim outside his window?

5. What story do Will and Jim tell the lightning rod salesman?

6. What does the prologue say about months of a year from a boy's point of view?

7. What does the reader learn about Jim in Chapter 9?

8. How do Jim and Will react differently when Robert invites them to come to the carnival with him?

9. How do Jim and Will react differently to meeting Robert?

10. How does Jim upset Will at the end of Chapter 21?

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