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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Amanda to ask Mr. Golanski so many questions?

2. How does Amanda react to the clothing worn to the initiation?

3. What is a poltergeist?

4. Where is the seance held?

5. What is broken during the night after the milk jug is broken?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the requirements for the ceremonial garb?

2. What makes David angry during the initiation?

3. What causes Tesser to sleep in Molly's bed?

4. How does David feel when Mr. Golanski comes to the house?

5. What does David choose to do after the milk jug is broken?

6. What does Amanda study at the library and why?

7. What is the first thing about the Westerly house that interests Amanda?

8. What makes Amanda angry during the initiation?

9. What stopped the trouble from the original Poltergeist in the Westerly House?

10. What connection does Mr. Golanski have with the Westerly House?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Comic relief was a literary tool used well by Zilpha Keatley Snyder in this book. What are some of the key examples of this, and how did these scenes affect the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in this book , and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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