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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jared think could be in the heating ducts since it is an old house?
(a) Rats.
(b) Mice.
(c) Huge spider webs.
(d) Birds.

2. Where is there a small, spiral staircase?
(a) Near the north wall of the basement.
(b) Standing in the middle of the forrest.
(c) In an abandoned building in town.
(d) In the middle of the attic room.

3. What does Jared think his siblings don't know since they left the kitchen with him still upstairs?
(a) That he has gone to bed.
(b) That he is in a room without a door.
(c) That he wants to talk to them.
(d) That he wants to wait to come down until he reads the Field Guide.

4. What did Jared not want to admit to his siblings about the sound he heard?
(a) That it was all in his imagination.
(b) That it could be a ghost.
(c) That he was going to run away from this awful house.
(d) That it could be dangerous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was poked in the wood in the walls that resembled a snake?

2. What inside the wall make Mallory angry?

3. Where did the Graces live before moving to Aunt Lucinda's house?

4. What did Mallory do as she led the boys down the hallway?

5. What is odd about Mallory's hair?

(see the answer key)

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