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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the children hear in the wall?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Small footsteps and scratching.
(c) A low moaning sound.
(d) Someone mumbling to himself.

2. What does Mallory think about what is on the floor?
(a) She says they are not tracks.
(b) That Jared made the tracks.
(c) That the dead rat made the tracks before it died.
(d) That a mouse made the tracks.

3. Where does Simon go after leaving Mallory's bedroom?
(a) Outside to look for crickets.
(b) Outside to go riding.
(c) To the basement to find a knife.
(d) To the his bedroom to look for the poem.

4. What does Jared find when he climbs the staircase?
(a) A small room.
(b) A trombone case.
(c) A cask.
(d) A huge bird's nest.

5. What makes Mallory look like a ghost?
(a) She has her arms held out to her sides.
(b) Her eyes are shining in the dark.
(c) A white nightgown and a white shawl she has over her hair.
(d) Plaster dust in her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mallory decide to use to put a hole in the wall?

2. Where is there a small, spiral staircase?

3. What does Jared's mother have him do?

4. What tended to drown out the noises of Simon's animals in the children's previous house?

5. What do Simon and Mallory exchange?

(see the answer key)

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