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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Holly and Tony give to the store clerk?
(a) A signed book.
(b) A picture of a faerie.
(c) Two tickets to their movie about faeries.
(d) An envelope.

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

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

5. What was in the kitchen sink when the children arrived in that room?
(a) A small, funny looking man.
(b) A garden snake.
(c) A pan crusted with macaroni and cheese.
(d) A white rat.

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

7. What was the main problem with Jared's mattress?
(a) It was lumpy.
(b) It smells like dead animals.
(c) It was too thin.
(d) It has a hole with stuffing coming out of it.

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

13. What does Mrs. Grace think Jared and Mallory are doing in the kitchen?
(a) Trying to fool her.
(b) Arguing.
(c) Playing.
(d) Talking about Simon.

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

15. What was sitting on top of the roof of the new home besides chimneys.
(a) An old iron fence.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A huge tree branch.
(d) A weather vane shaped like a dolphin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the little girl and man doing in the picture?

2. What was on the desk that caught the light?

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

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

5. Where does the dumbwaiter go upstairs?

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