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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 Jared think is possible about the book?
(a) It is the only copy in existence.
(b) It is not meant to be a serious treatise.
(c) It is one of just a few of its kind.
(d) It was written by his great-great grandfather.

3. Where is there a large hole where Jared goes?
(a) In the road on the way to town.
(b) Opposite end from the suitcase.
(c) Where a window is broken in the basement.
(d) In the tree trunk about thirty feet up.

4. Where is Mallory bruised?
(a) On her right leg.
(b) On her arm.
(c) On her stomach.
(d) She is not bruised.

5. What did Jared see when he sat up after he was awoken?
(a) A figure dressed in white.
(b) Simon standing by the window.
(c) A white owl on the window sill.
(d) A mouse running across the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jared decide to go?

2. What does Jared suggest about a poem?

3. What does Mallory call the book Jared finds?

4. About what phrase in the poem does Jared wonder?

5. Why is there tension among Mallory, Jared and Simon?

(see the answer key)

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