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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people are staring up in shock at Alex when he crashes into the Science Museum in Chapter 16, "Twelve O'Clock"?
(a) 67.
(b) 150.
(c) 300.
(d) 1,300.

2. Anthony Horowitz is the creator and writer of what television series?
(a) The Sopranos.
(b) American Masterpiece.
(c) Murder She Wrote.
(d) Foyle's War.

3. Where is Yassen Gregorovich from?
(a) Poland.
(b) Slovakia.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Russia.

4. What is the date in the beginning of Chapter 13, "The School Bully"?
(a) June 14.
(b) December 5.
(c) April 1.
(d) March 28.

5. What does Alex see being inserted into the computer screens in Chapter 12, "Behind the Door"?
(a) Odd Discs.
(b) Wires.
(c) Magnets.
(d) Metal vials.

6. What color is the silk suit worn by Herod Sayle in Chapter 13, "The School Bully"?
(a) Gray.
(b) White.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

7. How many hours does Alex spend toying with the Stormbreaker in Chapter 10, "Death in the Long Grass"?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 6.

8. Where was Anthony Horowitz born?
(a) Davidstow, Cornwall.
(b) Stanmore, Middlesex.
(c) Hampstead, North London.
(d) Port Tallon, Cornwall.

9. In the beginning of Chapter 13, "The School Bully," Alex has spent the night handcuffed to what?
(a) A chair.
(b) A bed.
(c) A sink.
(d) A radiator.

10. What weapon does Alex bring with him from the house in Chapter 15, "Eleven O'Clock"?
(a) A slingshot.
(b) A stun gun.
(c) A grenade launcher.
(d) A harpoon gun.

11. What does the elderly, round-faced woman sit reading in the library when Alex enters in Chapter 11, "Dozmary Mine"?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) Crime and Punishment.

12. What name does the author give for the place Alex wanders to when becoming lost on his path in Chapter 10, "Death in the Long Grass"?
(a) The killing field.
(b) The prarie of horror.
(c) The blood lawn.
(d) The grassland of death.

13. How many years ago does Herod Sayle say he came to this country in Chapter 13, "The School Bully"?
(a) 40.
(b) 24.
(c) 4.
(d) 44.

14. Who is driving the taxi that Alex hails at the end of the novel?
(a) Herod Sayle.
(b) Mr. Blunt.
(c) Yassen Gregorovich.
(d) Jack Starbright.

15. What kind of stew does Alex have at Sayle's house in Chapter 9, "Night Visitors"?
(a) Fish.
(b) Goat.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Beef.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book Alex reads in the library in Chapter 11, "Dozmary Mine," in the nineteenth century there had been how many mines in Cornwall?

2. What is the second question Herod Sayle presents to Alex in Chapter 13, "The School Bully"?

3. What does Alex refer to as a "Victorian pile" below him in Chapter 16, "Twelve O'Clock"?

4. The Dozmary Mine had been owned by the Dozmary family for how many generations?

5. How many shots does Alex fire while hanging from the parachute in the Science Museum in Chapter 16, "Twelve O'Clock"?

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