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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was poked in the wood in the walls that resembled a snake?
(a) Thumbtacks.
(b) Nails.
(c) Toothpicks.
(d) Straight pins.

3. What startled Jared awake the first night?
(a) The window blowing open.
(b) Simon yelling at him.
(c) The hinges on his bedroom door creaking.
(d) Something walking across his bed.

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

5. When does Jared say his life started going bad?
(a) When his father died.
(b) When he entered seventh grade.
(c) When his best friend moved away.
(d) When his father moved out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did he get the animals in question #36?

2. What did Jared do to block out the noise in the house?

3. What was the only piece of furniture in the dining room?

4. What did Simon's mother pretend not to notice about what he brought?

5. Why is Simon concerned about Mallory punching a hole in the wall?

(see the answer key)

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