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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 did Simon's mother pretend not to notice about what he brought?
(a) That he brought his father's stereo equipment.
(b) He had brought the animals she told him to leave.
(c) That he brought fifteen animals.
(d) That he brought many of his father's books.

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

3. What do the Grace children claim about their book?
(a) It was written a thousand years ago.
(b) It was found in a faery mound near their house.
(c) It shows how to hypnotize a faery.
(d) It identifies faeries and gives ways to protect from them.

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

5. What does Jared's mother say she is going to do if she finds the children wandering the house again?
(a) Make them clean the yard.
(b) Lock them in their rooms.
(c) Cut off the television for a week.
(d) Put them on restriction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simon say to Jared when they are back in their bedroom?

2. What kind of books does Jared see in the library?

3. How was the package that came to Holly's door bound?

4. What did the children hear in the wall?

5. For what did Mrs. Grace go to the store?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why are Simon and Jared sharing a bedroom?

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

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

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

8. How does Jared get back downstairs?

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

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

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