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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. What does Mike see Van Skye reach for behind him in Chapter 33?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A pack of cigarettes.
(c) A pair of binoculars.
(d) An axe.

2. What are the names of Cordie's dogs?
(a) Fuss and Bother.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Mutton and Chops.
(d) Lucifer and Beelzebub.

3. What does Mr. Ashley-Montague tell Dale happened to the man suspected of the murders?
(a) He was found innocent.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He fled the state.
(d) He was found murdered.

4. What does Cordie Cooke tell Jim in Chapter 23?
(a) That Mrs. Duggan is living at her house.
(b) That her mother has gone crazy.
(c) That her brother has returned from the dead.
(d) That Duane is still alive.

5. What are each of the boys armed with in Chapter 29?
(a) Pocket knives.
(b) Slingshots.
(c) Baseball bats.
(d) Guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what does Mike come across in the tunnel after several hundred yards in Chapter 38?

2. Which boy shadows his friends in Chapter 29?

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

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

5. Who makes a love confession to Mike in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the boys go camping in Chapter 29?

2. What strategy do the boys employ to outsmart the dangerous men in Chapter 29?

3. How do the boys defeat Van Skye?

4. How do the boys go about accelerating their plan in Chapter 37?

5. Describe Mike's encounter with Father Cavenaugh in Chapter 40.

6. What does Dale take from Mr. Ashley-Montague's shelf in Chapter 28?

7. What information does The Book of Law give the boys in Chapter 32?

8. What happens during Father Cavanaugh's visit to Mike's house in Chapter 34?

9. How does Mike explain the death of Father Cavanaugh to the sheriff, and does the sheriff believe him?

10. Who did Mr. Ashley-Montague Sr. and Jr. arrange to have arrested for the disappearances and murders of children around 1900? What punishment did this person receive?

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