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

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

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

4. What state is Green Town in?
(a) Mississippi
(b) New York
(c) Illinois
(d) Kentucky

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is arriving in town that night?

2. What remains where the lady in ice once was?

3. What does Mr. Dark say is Mr. Coogar's stage name?

4. Who stops at the empty shop window?

5. What does Tom Fury help people do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Foley think about the mirrors in her house?

2. What happens when Cooger rides on the carousel?

3. How do Will and Jim turn Mr. Cooger into a 130-year-old man?

4. How does the salesman find out whose house the storm will hit?

5. What does the lightning rod look like?

6. What does Jim decide to do at the end of Chapter 9?

7. Why do the boys think it is strange that the lightning rod salesman has left his bag?

8. What scares Jim and Will about the train?

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

10. How does Mr. Halloway react when Will notices him looking at the carnival poster?

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