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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mallory waking Jared?
(a) She wants to tell him their mother is gone.
(b) She heard the squirrel noises again.
(c) She is hungry.
(d) She has a leak in her bedroom.

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

3. What was stuffed in the space between the boards in the wall?
(a) More plaster.
(b) Old newspaper.
(c) Cloth.
(d) Chicken wire.

4. What kind of dwarves was one book about?
(a) English.
(b) American.
(c) Scottish.
(d) Irish.

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

6. 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.

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

8. Where does Mallory tell her mother Jared must be?
(a) In the living room.
(b) In the bathroom.
(c) Out in the yard.
(d) In bed asleep.

9. For what did Mrs. Grace go to the store?
(a) Shampoo.
(b) Cereal and milk.
(c) Bread and peanut butter.
(d) Buckets to catch the leaks.

10. What did Simon's mother pretend not to notice about what he brought?
(a) That he brought his father's stereo equipment.
(b) That he brought fifteen animals.
(c) He had brought the animals she told him to leave.
(d) That he brought many of his father's books.

11. What kind of relationship do Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi have?
(a) Long time friends.
(b) Brother and sister.
(c) They are married.
(d) He is her editor.

12. What does the book store clerk tell Holly?
(a) There are no more fans wanting signed books.
(b) They have run out of books.
(c) They have fifty more fans who want her signature.
(d) He has a letter for Holly and Tony.

13. What sat on the end of the desk that had berries, dried plants and river rocks in them?
(a) Wooden bowls.
(b) Cut glass bowls.
(c) Coffee cans.
(d) Glass jars.

14. In what do Holly and Tony both have an interest?
(a) Making wine.
(b) Drawing pictures.
(c) Writing.
(d) Faeries.

15. What was the only piece of furniture in the dining room?
(a) A long table.
(b) A china cabinet.
(c) A battered sideboard.
(d) Three chairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Holly and Tony give to the store clerk?

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

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

4. What is the name of Simon's pets his mother did not want?

5. What is the result of the dangerous bedrooms?

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