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

2. What tended to drown out the noises of Simon's animals in the children's previous house?
(a) Their father's snoring.
(b) The whine of the refrigerator.
(c) Cars and sirens.
(d) The place was sound proof.

3. Why is Simon concerned about Mallory punching a hole in the wall?
(a) It will produce a lot of dust.
(b) It could make the wall fall down.
(c) She might hurt the squirrel in the wall.
(d) Their mother might see it.

4. What has made many of the bedrooms dangerous?
(a) The walls are sagging.
(b) All the windows are broken and glass is everywhere.
(c) Dead animals lying around.
(d) Leaking roof.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Jared jumps from what he sees?

2. Who told Mrs. Grace that her Aunt Lucinda thinks little men bring her food?

3. What does Mallory stack on top of a steamer trunk?

4. What startled Jared awake the first night?

5. Where does the dumbwaiter go upstairs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Grace children tell Ms. Black when they meet?

2. What does Simon do first in his new bedroom?

3. What does their mother make Mallory do with the dumbwaiter and how can Jared see where he is?

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

5. What does Mallory do to the wall in the kitchen and what does she see?

6. What does Mrs. Grace say about the previous resident of their new home?

7. 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?

8. What does the poem that Jared found contain and what does he hear as he is thinking about it?

9. 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?

10. What does Jared see the first night when he is startled awake?

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