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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 Jared's mother suspect?
(a) That Jared is acting out because his father left them.
(b) That Jared is acting out because Mallory gets extra privileges.
(c) That Mallory is setting up Jared.
(d) That Jared is resonsible for the mess in the kitchen.

2. What does Jared realize about a chest?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It could belong to any animal.
(c) It could be a man's torso.
(d) It could be alive.

3. Where does Jared decide to go?
(a) The basement.
(b) To the town.
(c) To climb the highest tree in the yard.
(d) The attic.

4. What surprises Simon about Jared and the book Jared found?
(a) Jared's disinterest in the book after his initial excitement.
(b) Jared's facination with the book.
(c) Jared's unwillingness to let anyone else look at the book.
(d) Jared writing in the book when he has never allowed Simon to do such a thing to any book.

5. Why does Jared put milk out in the kitchen in a bowl on the floor.
(a) To tranquilize the dog.
(b) To tranquilize the boggart.
(c) To feed the cat.
(d) To offer the boggart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jared's mother have him do?

2. What does Jared find when he climbs the staircase?

3. What does Simon admire as he and Jared are in their room that night?

4. What does Simon believe about Jared?

5. What does Jared's mom recall about Jared's school days?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jared do with the black plastic garbage bag and what does he see inside it?

2. What wakes Jared in the morning, where does he run, what does he see and who else is there with him?

3. What does Jared's mother say to him about his anger?

4. What do Simon and Mallory think about her situation?

5. What does Ms. Grace think about Mallory's situation?

6. What is the most upsetting thing about the problems downstairs and what does Jared's mother accuse him of concerning Simon's mice?

7. What does Jared decide to do to calm the boggart and what does he carry into the house? What is his mother's reaction to Jared's load?

8. How does Mrs. Grace feel when she wakes up Jared in the morning and what does she show him?

9. What phrase is Jared thinking about in the poem, and where does he decide to go?

10. What does Jared think about as to his situation and his aunt Lucinda?

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