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

2. Who or what does Mike come across in the tunnel after several hundred yards in Chapter 38?
(a) Mr. Roon.
(b) A dead body.
(c) A cave in.
(d) A burrowing creature.

3. What do the boys devise a plan to destroy in Chapter 32?
(a) Van Skye's shed.
(b) The rendering truck.
(c) The tunnels around town.
(d) The belfry.

4. Who admitted to planting evidence on the executed man?
(a) William Campbell Phillips.
(b) Mr. Ashley-Montague Jr.
(c) One of the Moon children.
(d) Van Skye's uncle.

5. What are the figures who approach the boys carrying in Chapter 29?
(a) Bodies.
(b) Ropes.
(c) Shot guns.
(d) Axes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Dale read from in Chapter 32?

2. Where do the boys go after freeing Lawrence in Chapter 41?

3. How many burrowers circle Kevin in Chapter 38?

4. What are the names of Cordie's dogs?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the boys manage to get away from Dr. Roon?

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

3. What happens to the boys after Dale's mother leaves to give Dale's uncle some medicine in Chapter 36?

4. What strange occurrence takes place at Michelle Staffney's birthday party?

5. How does the basement of Old Central look in Chapter 38?

6. What plan do the boys devise in Chapter 32?

7. How does Dale become inspired to be a writer?

8. How do the boys defeat Van Skye?

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

10. What does Mike imagine while delirious with fever in Chapter 23?

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