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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Ashley-Montague say Duane cannot see the historical papers?
(a) Because they were burned.
(b) Because Mr. Ashley-Montague sees no reason why a child should want to.
(c) Because they are too delicate to handle.
(d) Because they have been lost for the past fifty years.

2. How did the bell come to be at Old Central?
(a) It was made by a local man for the school.
(b) No one knows.
(c) It was donated by a museum in Chicago.
(d) It was put there by the Ashley-Montague family.

3. What does Jim find between his sheets when he returns home in Chapter 22?
(a) Slime.
(b) A note.
(c) A dead body.
(d) Insects.

4. Where did Cordie shoot Dr. Roon?
(a) In the leg.
(b) In the arm.
(c) In the foot.
(d) In the chest.

5. What does Jim see Mrs. Doubbet hunched over at the school in Chapter 7?
(a) A decorated cake.
(b) A kittten.
(c) The body of a dead teacher.
(d) A gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Ashley-Montague drive in from Peoria in Chapter 14?

2. When he accompanies the priest to the cemetery, what does Mike take with him?

3. What does Duane do when a truck stops at the end of his driveway?

4. How many feet off the ground does Jim climb in order to see in Mrs. Doubbet's room?

5. What happens to Mike after he sees someone's face pressed against his basement window?

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