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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jared hear when he stopped walking in the kitchen?
(a) Hissing in the wall.
(b) The scrap of a chair being dragged across the floor.
(c) A low moaning noise in the wall.
(d) Something scrambling upward inside the wall.

2. Why is Simon concerned about Mallory punching a hole in the wall?
(a) Their mother might see it.
(b) It will produce a lot of dust.
(c) It could make the wall fall down.
(d) She might hurt the squirrel in the wall.

3. What stopped Jared as he was walking towards the wall where he heard a noise?
(a) A creaking board.
(b) Sticky goo on the floor.
(c) A hole in the floor.
(d) Piled up furniture.

4. What has made many of the bedrooms dangerous?
(a) The walls are sagging.
(b) All the windows are broken and glass is everywhere.
(c) Leaking roof.
(d) Dead animals lying around.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mallory stack on top of a steamer trunk?

2. Where does the dumbwaiter go upstairs?

3. What does Jared think could be in the heating ducts since it is an old house?

4. What was the main problem with Jared's mattress?

5. What does Mrs. Grace think Jared and Mallory are doing in the kitchen?

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