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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father Cavanaugh ask Mike for in Chapter 34?
(a) To say a prayer for him.
(b) Help to find Dr. Roon.
(c) To borrow a weapon.
(d) A truce.

2. What is hanging around Mrs. Moon's bedroom when Mike visits?
(a) Charms to ward off evil.
(b) Her dead cats.
(c) Hundreds of spiders.
(d) Laundry.

3. What does Kevin fill with liquid in Chapter 37?
(a) Three large cooking pots.
(b) His father's milk truck.
(c) A tub sitting in a wheelbarrow.
(d) Balloons.

4. Who pulls Kevin, unconscious, away from the burning school?
(a) Dr. Staffney.
(b) Jim.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Cordie.

5. How many feet are Mike and Jim forced to jump in Chapter 41?
(a) Ten feet.
(b) Six feet.
(c) Fifteen feet.
(d) Two feet.

6. What does Dr. Roon do to Dale at the beginning of Chapter 41?
(a) Dr. Roon dangles Dale over the second floor banister.
(b) Dr. Roon tries to push Dale out the window.
(c) Dr. Roon puts Dale in a headlock.
(d) Dr. Roon locks Dale in a locker.

7. How will the boys be able to keep in touch with each other at night in Chapter 35?
(a) By walkie-talkie.
(b) By fireworks and smoke signals.
(c) By telephone.
(d) By short-wave radio.

8. Who is Wink?
(a) The school's former principal.
(b) The former sheriff.
(c) The town drunk.
(d) The old post master.

9. What is within the bell in Chapter 41?
(a) Egyptian hieroglyphics.
(b) A swarm of insects.
(c) A glowing, pulsating sac.
(d) Tubby Cooke.

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

11. What does Mike glimpse in the back of the rendering truck in Chapter 33?
(a) Giant insects.
(b) Mounds of slime.
(c) A stockpile of weapons.
(d) Human remains.

12. How did the town come to realize that the man executed was innocent?
(a) Two more children went missing.
(b) A kidnapped child insisted he was innocent.
(c) The man's alibi was later proven true.
(d) Another man confessed to the crimes.

13. Where does Wink usually sleep?
(a) At the Cave.
(b) Outside the library.
(c) Under the town grandstand.
(d) In the park.

14. What is set on fire in Chapter 40?
(a) A stack of old school files.
(b) A burrower.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) A desk.

15. Where was the man tried for the murders around 1900 executed?
(a) In Peoria.
(b) At the Borgia Bell.
(c) At the town hall.
(d) Outside of the school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stops Mike in the foyer in Chapter 40?

2. How many burrowers circle Kevin in Chapter 38?

3. Who will the boys blame for stealing Mr. Grumbacher's truck?

4. Who is NOT in the room on the second floor in Chapter 40?

5. Who is Mike advised to ask about the soldier?

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