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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 Mallory do as she led the boys down the hallway?
(a) Keeps grabbing Jared's arm.
(b) Stop every few steps to listen.
(c) Sneezes every three steps.
(d) Whispers instructions.

2. With what does Simon have the dressers covered?
(a) His stereo equipment.
(b) His camping equipment.
(c) Glass tanks.
(d) All of his books.

3. What tended to drown out the noises of Simon's animals in the children's previous house?
(a) The place was sound proof.
(b) The whine of the refrigerator.
(c) Cars and sirens.
(d) Their father's snoring.

4. 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) In the tree trunk about thirty feet up.
(d) Where a window is broken in the basement.

5. What was strung up like garland in the wall?
(a) Dried mice bodies.
(b) Popcorn strung on yarn.
(c) Dead cockroaches.
(d) Crickets strung on dental floss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What enrages Helen about what Simon says?

2. Where does the dumbwaiter go upstairs?

3. What does a note say that the children find?

4. What does Jared's mother ask him?

5. How is the book illustrated?

(see the answer key)

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