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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jared think he probably heard?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) The wind across the roof.
(c) Simon playing a joke.
(d) His mother pulling a chair in the living room.

2. How does Jared get upstairs on the dumbwaiter?
(a) Simon and Mallory pulls on the cords.
(b) By pushing a button.
(c) He pulls himself with the cords on the dumbwaiter.
(d) He pulls up on rungs in the wall like a ladder.

3. What was the photocopy sent to Holly and Tony?
(a) A picture of a nymph.
(b) A page from a book.
(c) A copy of a letter from their great uncle.
(d) A picture of their house.

4. What does the letter in the introduction say happens to the relationship between Holly and Tony?
(a) It becomes deeper.
(b) It becomes more acrimonious.
(c) It changes.
(d) It is tested.

5. What was in the kitchen sink when the children arrived in that room?
(a) A pan crusted with macaroni and cheese.
(b) A small, funny looking man.
(c) A white rat.
(d) A garden snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what do Holly and Tony both have an interest?

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

3. Why is Mallory waking Jared?

4. What did Simon's mother say he had to leave behind?

5. What did the children hear in the wall?

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