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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Afterwords.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of the dangerous bedrooms?
(a) Jared and Simon have to share a bedroom.
(b) Mallory has to sleep downstairs.
(c) Their mother has to sleep downstairs.
(d) Jared has a smaller bedroom than Simon or Mallory.

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

3. What is Helen Grace's biggest concern about Jared's activities that morning?
(a) That he could get in trouble for trespassing into the abandoned building.
(b) That he could fall out of the tall sycamore with the large hole in it.
(c) She is not concerned as she knows Jared can take care of himself.
(d) That he could fall through the floor of the attic.

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

5. What kind of books does Jared see in the library?
(a) Strange books.
(b) Books on tape.
(c) Very large books.
(d) Books written in a foreign language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mallory suddenly do that upsets Jared?

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

3. What does Simon add to the nest for a bed?

4. How is the children's mother acting as she serves the meal?

5. What did Jared see when he sat up after he was awoken?

(see the answer key)

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