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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 stuffed in the space between the boards in the wall?
(a) Old newspaper.
(b) Cloth.
(c) Chicken wire.
(d) More plaster.

2. When does Jared say his life started going bad?
(a) When he entered seventh grade.
(b) When his father died.
(c) When his best friend moved away.
(d) When his father moved out.

3. Besides an Olympic fencer, what does Jared think his sister Mallory might do when she grows up?
(a) Have five children.
(b) Be in jail.
(c) Live in Paris.
(d) Be president of the United States.

4. What was the photocopy sent to Holly and Tony?
(a) A copy of a letter from their great uncle.
(b) A page from a book.
(c) A picture of a nymph.
(d) A picture of their house.

5. Where did the Graces live before moving to Aunt Lucinda's house?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) New Jersy.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Graces' previous home?

2. What does Jared think his siblings don't know since they left the kitchen with him still upstairs?

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

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

5. What does the letter in the introduction say happens to the relationship between Holly and Tony?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mallory feel when she sees her fencing medal and what does she do?

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

4. How does Jared get back downstairs?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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