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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. How does Jared get upstairs on the dumbwaiter?
(a) He pulls up on rungs in the wall like a ladder.
(b) By pushing a button.
(c) Simon and Mallory pulls on the cords.
(d) He pulls himself with the cords on the dumbwaiter.

2. What does Mrs. Grace tell Mallory to do?
(a) Take water upstairs with her.
(b) Bring the dumbwaiter down.
(c) Get her book in the morning.
(d) Wash the dishes.

3. What does Mallory grab on Jared?
(a) His pants.
(b) His shirt.
(c) His shoulder.
(d) His belt.

4. Where does Mallory tell her mother Jared must be?
(a) Out in the yard.
(b) In the living room.
(c) In the bathroom.
(d) In bed asleep.

5. What does Jared think could be in the heating ducts since it is an old house?
(a) Huge spider webs.
(b) Rats.
(c) Birds.
(d) Mice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the book store clerk tell Holly?

2. What was stuffed in the space between the boards in the wall?

3. What kind of wallpaper was in some of the house?

4. What was strung up like garland in the wall?

5. What color were the doors on the old house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jared get back downstairs?

2. What does Jared decide to do with the dumbwaiter, how do his siblings help and how does he fit?

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

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

5. What does Mallory tell their mother they are doing and what does Mallory say about Jared?

6. What happens as the dumbwaiter approaches the second floor?

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

8. 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?

9. What does Mallory tell Simon and Jared about their Aunt Lucinda?

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

(see the answer keys)

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