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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. The boxes which are loaded in the back of the truck are about the size of what in Alex's estimation in Chapter 9, "Night Visitors"?
(a) Suitcases.
(b) Toaster ovens.
(c) Toilets.
(d) Desk chairs.

2. Alex gets tricked into falling into the aquarium with the jellyfish by whom in Chapter 14, "Deep Water"?
(a) Ms. Vole.
(b) Jack Starbright.
(c) Yassen Gregorovich.
(d) Mrs. Jones.

3. What kind of gun does the guard have who stops Alex in Chapter 12, "Behind the Door"?
(a) A Walther PPK.
(b) A Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun.
(c) A Browning automatic pistol.
(d) An AR-15 assault rifle.

4. What happens to the guard who drops one of the metal boxes in Chapter 9, "Night Visitors"?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He is slapped.
(c) He is yelled at.
(d) He is fired.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Anthony Horowitz born?

2. What cartridge does Alex intend to use to contact M16 in Chapter 12, "Behind the Door"?

3. What kind of local affairs does the librarian tell Alex that Ian Rider had been interested in?

4. Who awakens Alex in the beginning of Chapter 10, "Death in the Long Grass"?

5. To what entrance of the mine is Alex heading in Chapter 11, "Dozmary Mine"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alex escape entrapment and certain death in Chapter 14, "Deep Water"?

2. How does Alex escape his assailants in Chapter 10, "Death in the Long Grass"?

3. What does Yassen Gregorovich do when a worker drops one of the metal boxes in Chapter 9, "Night Visitors"?

4. How does Alex attempt to enter the mine in Chapter 11, "Dozmary Mine"?

5. How does Alex escape Mr. Grim in Chapter 16, "Twelve O'Clock"? Where does he attempt to land?

6. What does Alex discover outside the store room in Chapter 12, "Behind the Door"?

7. What scene does Alex find upon crashing through the Science Museum in Chapter 16, "Twelve O'Clock"?

8. How does the book found by Alex relate to his uncle's diagram, as discovered in Chapter 11, "Dozmary Mine"?

9. What foreshadowing is revealed in Chapter 10, "Death in the Long Grass"? How does this chapter build suspense in the narrative?

10. Who approaches and attempts to harm Alex in Chapter 10, "Death in the Long Grass"?

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