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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is there tension among Mallory, Jared and Simon?
(a) Because their father is supposed to be coming home soon.
(b) There is not tension; they are best of friends.
(c) Because Jared tries to order Mallory and Simon around.
(d) Because of what happened to Mallory.

2. What does Jared's mom recall about Jared's school days?
(a) The high grades Jared always received.
(b) The violent fights he participated in.
(c) The fact that the teachers always say he is a daydreamer.
(d) The times Jared's father would go and watch Jared's ball games.

3. What does Jared see on the floor?
(a) A dead rat.
(b) Tracks made by the boggart.
(c) A message written in the flour.
(d) Tracks made by the elf.

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

5. Who does Jared remember is in a psych hospital?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His great-aunt Lucinda.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His great-grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was stuffed in the space between the boards in the wall?

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

3. What did Mallory give Jared to use for light?

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

5. What was in the kitchen sink when the children arrived in that room?

(see the answer key)

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