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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Grace come downstairs?
(a) She was thirsty.
(b) She forgot her purse.
(c) Jared made too much noise.
(d) She saw the light on.

2. Besides an Olympic fencer, what does Jared think his sister Mallory might do when she grows up?
(a) Be in jail.
(b) Be president of the United States.
(c) Have five children.
(d) Live in Paris.

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

4. What does Mallory want Jared and Simon to do?
(a) Give her a bar from his candy stash.
(b) Go down to the kitchen.
(c) Come to her bedroom and talk.
(d) Find a pan for the leak.

5. What color were the doors on the old house?
(a) Black.
(b) Fire engine Red.
(c) Antique White.
(d) Faded grey.

6. What does Simon ask his mother about having to stay in his room?
(a) What if they get scared?
(b) What is they get thirsty?
(c) What if they have to go to the bathroom?
(d) What is they see a ghost?

7. What do most of the books concern?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Faeries and mythical creatures.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Child raising.

8. What did Mallory do as she led the boys down the hallway?
(a) Sneezes every three steps.
(b) Stop every few steps to listen.
(c) Whispers instructions.
(d) Keeps grabbing Jared's arm.

9. Who told Mrs. Grace that her Aunt Lucinda thinks little men bring her food?
(a) Mrs Grace's mother.
(b) Aunt Matilda.
(c) Her sister, Susan.
(d) Uncle Terrence.

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

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

12. What was in the Mason jars Simon carries into the house?
(a) Mice.
(b) Lightning bugs.
(c) Crickets.
(d) Two king snakes.

13. What kind of wallpaper was in some of the house?
(a) The wallpaper had all peeled off.
(b) Brocaded gold wallpaper.
(c) Bright red and black striped wallpaper.
(d) Wallpaper with letters written on it.

14. What happens to Jared's candle when he rushed across the room?
(a) It choked on wax and sputtered.
(b) It falls and catches the rug on fire.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It becomes brighter.

15. What kind of job does Jared think Simon will do when he grows up?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A politician.
(c) A physician.
(d) A veterinarian or lion tamer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Mrs. Grace tell Mallory to do when she left for the store?

3. What makes Mallory look like a ghost?

4. What does Jared think his siblings don't know since they left the kitchen with him still upstairs?

5. What did Jared see when he spun around after hearing a noise behind him?

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