2. What is the result of the dangerous bedrooms?
(a) Jared has a smaller bedroom than Simon or Mallory.
(b) Mallory has to sleep downstairs.
(c) Their mother has to sleep downstairs.
(d) Jared and Simon have to share a bedroom.

3. What does Jared show Mallory?
(a) The Field Guide.
(b) The bottle of beads.
(c) The paper he found upstairs.
(d) The picture from the wall.

4. What kind of wallpaper was in some of the house?
(a) Brocaded gold wallpaper.
(b) Wallpaper with letters written on it.
(c) The wallpaper had all peeled off.
(d) Bright red and black striped wallpaper.

5. What is the name of Simon's pets his mother did not want?
(a) Jeckle and Hyde.
(b) Dewey and Lewie.
(c) Jeffrey and Lemondrop.
(d) Blacknose and Pinkear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stopped Jared as he was walking towards the wall where he heard a noise?

2. Where did the Graces live before moving to Aunt Lucinda's house?

3. What was the only piece of furniture in the dining room?

4. What was on the desk that caught the light?

5. What does Jared's mother say she is going to do if she finds the children wandering the house again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mallory say about their new home, why does Jared think it will be good for Simon and what does he think of the home as far as he is concerned?

2. Why are Simon and Jared sharing a bedroom?

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

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

5. What does Jared see when he gets out of the dumbwaiter?

6. What is the painting Jared sees in the little room on the second floor?

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 is the additional worry about the Graces' new home?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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