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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Linus?
(a) 35.
(b) 45.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

2. In Chapter Two, why does Mr. Baker eat salad for lunch?
(a) He is a vegetarian.
(b) He is worried about his weight.
(c) There is nothing else at the DICOMY cafeteria.
(d) Vegetables are his favorite kind of food.

3. What is the reason that Arthur gives for having not greeted Linus sooner?
(a) He was trying to find Linus's lost cat.
(b) He had some last-minute things to do to get the guest house ready.
(c) Lucy used his powers to conceal Linus's arrival.
(d) He was talking with DICOMY on the phone.

4. After "Expressing Yourself," what do the children begin their studies with on Tuesdays?
(a) RULES AND REGULATIONS.
(b) Art and music.
(c) History of magical creatures.
(d) Mathematics.

5. In Chapter Five, why does Linus eventually get out of the car?
(a) Calliope has run away.
(b) He hears a child giggle.
(c) Someone is throwing rocks at the car.
(d) He is tired and hungry.

6. What does Linus often forget to bring with him?
(a) A pen.
(b) His notebook.
(c) His umbrella.
(d) The DICOMY rule book.

7. On page 14, when Linus tells the master that he is focused on the well-being of children, what is her reply?
(a) "I don't think you understand your job as well as you think you do, Mr, Baker."
(b) "They never stay as children, Mr. Baker. They always grow up eventually."
(c) "The government has no right to regulate children, Mr. Baker."
(d) "And who, Mr. Baker, should be in charge of looking after your well-being?"

8. What fear does Ms. Jenkins reveal?
(a) That Gunther is about to get her job.
(b) That Linus will be promoted.
(c) That Linus has made a complaint about her.
(d) That she has not properly trained Linus.

9. On page 21, what words are printed on Linus's mouse pad?
(a) "DON'T YOU WISH YOU WERE HERE?"
(b) "YOU ARE DOING GOOD WORK."
(c) "SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING!"
(d) "A MINUTE LOST IS A MINUTE WASTED."

10. When Linus is struggling to get off the elevator in Chapter Three, he tells himself that maybe he is about to get a promotion and he can finally do what?
(a) Buy himself a car.
(b) Tell Ms. Jenkins what he thinks of her.
(c) Move to a house far from Mrs. Klapper.
(d) Take a vacation to the beach.

11. What magical power does Daisy have?
(a) She can cast spells.
(b) She can fly.
(c) She can change herself into a seal.
(d) She can move objects with her mind.

12. When Linus is writing his report at the beginning of Chapter Nine, what is he struggling to do?
(a) Explain why some of DICOMY's rules are cruel.
(b) Describe Arthur without being too complimentary.
(c) Find a way to be less openly critical of DICOMY.
(d) Convince DICOMY to keep the orphanage open.

13. When combined with the information in the file on Arthur, Linus's remark in his report that Arthur has some "uncanny" abilities hints at what about Arthur (129)?
(a) He is a loving surrogate father to the children.
(b) He might actually be a member of DICOMY.
(c) He is good at surveillance.
(d) He might be magical.

14. What word does Arthur insist not be used in his house?
(a) Monster.
(b) Animal.
(c) Orphan.
(d) Antichrist.

15. What kind of being is Phee?
(a) Forest sprite.
(b) Wyvern.
(c) Shapeshifter.
(d) Gnome.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter Ten, what personal question does Zoe ask Linus?

2. On what floor of the DICOMY building are the offices of Extremely Upper Management?

3. During the "Expressing Yourself" part of their lessons, Lucy makes a speech about ending the world in "pestilence and plague" (130). What is Arthur's criticism of this?

4. Which character says, on page 136, that "Dreams are merely that--dreams.... They're not necessarily supposed to come true"?

5. On page 144, Lucy calls souls "trinkets." What is a "trinket"?

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