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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What enrages Helen about what Simon says?
(a) That Simon thinks Jared has a good reason for what he did.
(b) That he sides with his brother even though his brother has killed Simon's pets.
(c) That Simon is siding with Mallory as usual.
(d) That he is talking nonsense.

2. What does Jared have to do before he can finish his tracking efforts?
(a) Clean up the flour.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Take out the garbage.
(d) Go to bed.

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

4. What does Simon admire as he and Jared are in their room that night?
(a) His bone collection.
(b) His pet mice.
(c) His arrowhead collection.
(d) His butterfly collection.

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

6. What are Mallory and Simon doing when Jared next sees them?
(a) Riding their horses.
(b) Planting acorns.
(c) Fencing.
(d) Planting strawberries.

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

8. How is the book illustrated?
(a) Watercolor pictures.
(b) There are no illustrations.
(c) Photographs are pasted on the pages.
(d) Ink drawings.

9. How is the children's mother acting as she serves the meal?
(a) Animated.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Angry.
(d) Depressed.

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

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

12. What does Jared suggest about a poem?
(a) It was planted intentionally.
(b) It is a red herring.
(c) It might provide a clue as to what happened to Mallory.
(d) It was written by their great-uncle.

13. What does Jared find when he climbs the staircase?
(a) A cask.
(b) A huge bird's nest.
(c) A small room.
(d) A trombone case.

14. Why is there tension among Mallory, Jared and Simon?
(a) Because their father is supposed to be coming home soon.
(b) Because Jared tries to order Mallory and Simon around.
(c) There is not tension; they are best of friends.
(d) Because of what happened to Mallory.

15. What does Jared do once he is outside with what he takes?
(a) Burns the entire thing.
(b) Smashes the box with a hammer.
(c) Takes the remains of a weird nest out and leaves it in the yard.
(d) Buries the sack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks Helen Grace about her conversation with Jared?

2. Who does Helen Grace suspect is involved in the Mallory episode?

3. What is the significance of the word Spiderwick?

4. What does the field guide suggest ways to track?

5. Where is there a large hole where Jared goes?

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