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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29-31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the boys decide to retrieve from the McBride farm in Chapter 25?
(a) Duane's notebooks.
(b) Duane's backpack.
(c) Duane's gun.
(d) Duane's ashes.

2. Who was tried for the murders around 1900?
(a) A member of the Ashley-Montague family.
(b) William Campbell Phillips.
(c) A black vagrant.
(d) Van Skye's grandfather.

3. What wakes many of the boys in Chapter 19?
(a) Fire engine sirens.
(b) The eerie toll of a bell.
(c) A sudden blast of cold air.
(d) A scream.

4. What does Dale and Lawrence's father tell them as they are getting ready for bed in Chapter 8?
(a) That he heard a strange noise outside.
(b) That Jim is in the hospital.
(c) That Tubby has been found.
(d) That the school is on fire.

5. How is William Campbell Philips described?
(a) As a charmer.
(b) As a recluse.
(c) As an intelligent man.
(d) As a bully.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim see Mrs. Doubbet hunched over at the school in Chapter 7?

2. How did William Campbell Philips die?

3. Who is Wink?

4. What does Mr. Ashley-Montague tell Dale happened to the man suspected of the murders?

5. Why does Mr. Ashley-Montague say Duane cannot see the historical papers?

(see the answer key)

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