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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Simon suspect in the Mallory episode?
(a) The squirrel creature.
(b) Jared.
(c) A poltergeist.
(d) Mallory did it to herself for attention.

2. What does a note say that the children find?
(a) Beware of the mandersnatcher.
(b) There is no note.
(c) It's not nice to ice the mice.
(d) Meet by the old sycamore at midnight.

3. Where does Simon go after leaving Mallory's bedroom?
(a) Outside to look for crickets.
(b) To the his bedroom to look for the poem.
(c) Outside to go riding.
(d) To the basement to find a knife.

4. What is in the freezer?
(a) A large bass that had not been there before.
(b) A large chunk of Mallory's hair.
(c) Nothing; it's been totally emtied.
(d) Tadpoles.

5. What is odd about Mallory's hair?
(a) It is green.
(b) It is blue.
(c) It is extremely short and blue.
(d) It is tied in strands to the bedpost.

6. About what does Jared think concerning mystical creatures?
(a) He is busy putting together a model airplane and not thinking of anything else.
(b) That they are not real.
(c) That they may be all around them.
(d) That they are not friendly.

7. About what possible relative does Jared ask?
(a) His maternal uncle named Jared.
(b) His maternal aunt Mallory.
(c) A great-great grandfather named Simon.
(d) A relative named Arthur.

8. Who turns on the light in the kitchen while Jared is waiting?
(a) Mallory.
(b) Simon.
(c) The brownie.
(d) His mom.

9. What do Simon and Mallory exchange?
(a) Books.
(b) Descriptions.
(c) A strange glance.
(d) Journals.

10. About what is Simon talking at the table?
(a) His new tadpoles.
(b) Some baby birds.
(c) An injured rabbit he finds.
(d) The possibility of ghosts in the house.

11. What does Jared's mom ask him to find?
(a) A constructive way to deal with his anger.
(b) A way to seal the basement window.
(c) A way to join the little league team in that town.
(d) A way to seal the attic hole.

12. Why is Simon crying?
(a) His cat is missing.
(b) He has bruises on his arm.
(c) Mallory beat him again in fencing.
(d) He tripped down the stairs and twisted his ankle.

13. What does Mallory call the book Jared finds?
(a) She shows not reaction at all.
(b) The key.
(c) A treasure.
(d) A baby book.

14. What happened to the bowl Jared had set out?
(a) It is broken.
(b) It has disappeared.
(c) It is in the oven.
(d) It is in the front yard.

15. What does Jared hear in the morning?
(a) Absolute silence.
(b) Mallory and Simon yelling.
(c) Mallory screaming.
(d) Mallory making breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jared realize about a chest?

2. What are Mallory and Simon doing when Jared next sees them?

3. What intensifies Helen Grace's concerns about Jared's morning activities?

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

5. Where is Mallory bruised?

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