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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 happens when Jared distracts Simon?
(a) Simon falls and breaks his wrist.
(b) Simon falls and twists his ankle.
(c) Mallory gets another point.
(d) Something flies out of Simon's hair.

2. Where does Simon go after leaving Mallory's bedroom?
(a) To the his bedroom to look for the poem.
(b) Outside to look for crickets.
(c) Outside to go riding.
(d) To the basement to find a knife.

3. What does Jared see on the floor?
(a) Tracks made by the boggart.
(b) A dead rat.
(c) Tracks made by the elf.
(d) A message written in the flour.

4. What is Helen Grace's biggest concern about Jared's activities that morning?
(a) That he could get in trouble for trespassing into the abandoned building.
(b) That he could fall through the floor of the attic.
(c) She is not concerned as she knows Jared can take care of himself.
(d) That he could fall out of the tall sycamore with the large hole in it.

5. How is the children's mother acting as she serves the meal?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Animated.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the book describe?

2. What does Jared think may be in a trunk he finds?

3. What does Jared think he is dealing with as far as what attacked Mallory?

4. What is missing from the house?

5. Why is Simon crying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jared talking about to Simon when Simon wants to go to sleep?

2. What is Jared doing that night that surprises Simon, what is Simon doing and what is Jared thinking about?

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

4. 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?

5. What does Jared ultimately find in the trunk?

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

7. How does Jared answer the accusations, what does Simon believe and what does Jared's mother do to Jared?

8. What does Simon speculate to Jared about Mallory's situation and what does Jared say to him? How does Simon react to Jared's suggestion?

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

10. What is the attic like?

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