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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. In Chapter 17, what day of the week do Zoe and her mother go to Oxford?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Monday.

2. When is Rufus's birthday?
(a) September.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) April.

3. Where does Lily sit while Duncan draws her in Chapter 21?
(a) Window seat.
(b) Chair.
(c) Bed.
(d) Rug.

4. Who does Matthew nearly bump into coming out of history in Chapter 28?
(a) Cally.
(b) Leon.
(c) Moira.
(d) Rachel.

5. What was the name of Betsy's sixty-form boyfriend?
(a) Raymond.
(b) Kevin.
(c) Peter.
(d) Martin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How close was the town to Prague where Frank Lustig and his wife grew up?

2. What type of knocker is on the door at the Lustigs' house?

3. Who claims that everything will crash at midnight on December 31?

4. Where does Betsy ask Zoe to take Duncan in Chapter 19?

5. Where does Duncan find himself at the end of Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the American that Zoe keeps searching out?

2. What did Rufus win at a carnival when he was nine?

3. In what memory does Duncan take refuge when his mother tells him they will talk that evening in Chapter 27?

4. What did Hall want to do when he was growing up, and why did he become a blacksmith instead?

5. What does Matthew do and feel when he sees Rachel in Chapter 28?

6. Why does Gordon come to the Langs' in Chapter 29, and what does he do?

7. What does Duncan learn in Chapter 32?

8. What happens when Benjamin and Matthew fight in the gym?

9. In Chapter 25, how does Benjamin explain what happened at Rachel's?

10. What was Tomas doing the morning that Karel was attacked?

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