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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Spunk when he dies?
(a) On the railroad tracks.
(b) Outside of town.
(c) In bed.
(d) At work.

2. What are people in town doing at the beginning of Chapter 3 that is getting on Spunk's nerves?
(a) Rearranging the store.
(b) Talking about Joe.
(c) Rewriting the curfew.
(d) Talking about Lena.

3. Who says the animal must have been a "h'ant"?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Joe.
(c) Walter.
(d) Spunk.

4. What comes into the house when Spunk and Lena are together?
(a) A snake.
(b) A bobcat.
(c) A wild dog.
(d) An owl.

5. What does the animal in Chapter 3 do?
(a) Growls.
(b) Crawls under the bed.
(c) Walks around the house and howls.
(d) Flies in and out of the bedroom.

6. What does Spunk believe is moving at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) The saw.
(b) His hands.
(c) His closet.
(d) His bed.

7. What does Walter say is the only thing Joe ever wanted?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Lena.
(c) Money.
(d) A family.

8. Where does Spunk move in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Miami.
(b) The Bradley House.
(c) Into Lena's home.
(d) Hawaii.

9. Who goes to the wake in Chapter 4?
(a) Only Joe and Spunk's spirits.
(b) Only family.
(c) The entire village.
(d) There is no wake.

10. What is Spunk doing with the Bradley house?
(a) Leasing it.
(b) Selling it.
(c) Renovating it.
(d) Buying it.

11. What does Spunk say he will do for Joe after Spunk dies?
(a) He will help him come back to life.
(b) He will make hell too hot for him.
(c) He will make him a nice bed.
(d) He will leave Lena forever.

12. What words does Spunk use to describe Joe right before Spunk dies?
(a) A respectable figure.
(b) An evil man.
(c) A dirty sneak.
(d) A smart cat.

13. What does the expert in Chapter 3 say is wrong with the thing Spunk believes is moving?
(a) There must have been an earthquake.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It is trying to trick Spunk.
(d) It has a loose screw.

14. Who says that Spunk should be nervous after what he did to Joe?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Walter.
(c) Lena.
(d) Spunk.

15. Who is the character named "Jeff" in Chapter 4?
(a) Elijah's brother.
(b) Spunk's son.
(c) Lena's new boyfriend.
(d) Joe's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to what the community brings to the wake?

2. Who tells the resolution of the story?

3. What does Spunk say the animal actually is?

4. What does Spunk say he felt in Chapter 4?

5. What does the animal do to Spunk?

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