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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Graces' previous home?
(a) A small apartment.
(b) A modern beachhome.
(c) A ranch style house.
(d) A farm.

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

3. Why do the children say they cannot send their book by mail?
(a) They don't have enough postage.
(b) The book is too old.
(c) The book is too large.
(d) It is too dangerous.

4. What was on the desk that caught the light?
(a) Some glass beads.
(b) A prism.
(c) A mirror.
(d) Old fashion, round glasses.

5. What does Mallory decide to use to put a hole in the wall?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A chair leg.
(c) A broom.
(d) Her sword.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Jared do to block out the noise in the house?

3. What did Mallory do as she led the boys down the hallway?

4. In what do Holly and Tony both have an interest?

5. What was sitting on top of the roof of the new home besides chimneys.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jared hear in his new home and what does he assume?

2. What does Jared see when he hears a noise and how does he lose his light?

3. What does the note at the beginning of the book say, and what does the book store clerk give the authors? What is the authors' response?

4. What does Jared think about on his brother and sister's future and his own while he stands in front of his new home?

5. What does Jared recall about the events in his life since his parents' divorce and what does his mother suggest to him about their new home?

6. What is the additional worry about the Graces' new home?

7. What kind of books does Jared see in the second floor room?

8. How is Jared feeling when he comes back downstairs, what does Mallory tell him and how does their mother hear them? What does their mother tell the children?

9. What does Mallory decide to do the first night in the kitchen and where is her mother?

10. How does Jared get back downstairs?

(see the answer keys)

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