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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Linus think he sees out of the corner of his eye when he enters Arthur's room during Lucy's Chapter Thirteen nightmare?
(a) A flash of orange light.
(b) A serpent made of fire.
(c) A floating record player.
(d) The flapping of wings.

2. In his Chapter Eleven DICOMY report, to what does Linus compare Sal?
(a) A turtle.
(b) A sunflower.
(c) A fox.
(d) A balloon.

3. In Chapter Nineteen, when Zoe takes the children inside so that Arthur and Linus can speak privately, what do the children do?
(a) Use Sal's dog-hearing to eavesdrop.
(b) Help Zoe make dinner.
(c) Watch the two men through the window.
(d) Use Lucy's mental powers to find out what is happening.

4. How many days elapse between Linus's return to work and the day he quits?
(a) 23.
(b) 14.
(c) 40.
(d) 31.

5. In Chapter Fourteen, why are there not many people walking around Marsyas Village?
(a) The tourist season is nearly over.
(b) The high school is having a football game.
(c) There is a town hall meeting taking place.
(d) The residents were warned that the children were coming.

6. When, on page 236, Linus writes in his report "Theodore is a wyvern, yes, and... we (yes we) tend to think them nothing but animals," what is the implication of the parenthesized words?
(a) Linus is reminding Werner that he knows what Werner really thinks.
(b) Linus is pointing out that he is also a part of DICOMY.
(c) Linus is stressing that he is as guilty as anyone else of this prejudice.
(d) Linus is reassuring Werner that he is on Werner's side.

7. In Chapter Eleven, what item of Linus's does Calliope run away with?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A phtograph.
(c) A tie.
(d) A sock.

8. What kind of store does Talia drag Linus and Lucy into in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) A plant nursery.
(b) An art supply store.
(c) A hardware store.
(d) A bakery.

9. When Linus and the children are on their adventure in Chapter Seventeen, why do the children disappear and suddenly fall silent?
(a) They are trying to play a prank on him.
(b) They are waiting to surprise him.
(c) They want him to see what his life is like without them.
(d) They want to play unsupervised.

10. In Chapter Twelve, Arthur says that he prefers "bluntness to obfuscation" (226). What does this mean he likes?
(a) He likes objective and emotionally detached explanations of things.
(b) He likes to hear the plain truth of what people are thinking and feeling.
(c) He likes playful, artistic expressions of people's ideas.
(d) He likes it when people are careful and sensitive with their words.

11. Which of the children does Linus see first when he returns to the island in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Phee.
(c) Sal.
(d) Talia.

12. On page 238, Linus says that what happened to Sal is a "travesty." What is a "travesty"?
(a) When something that should be a joy is ignored or unappreciated.
(b) A disguised blessing that becomes clear later on.
(c) When something very serious is treated like a joke or like it does not matter.
(d) A deliberate attempt to undermine someone's confidence.

13. When Linus is leaving the main house after the party in Chapter Seventeen, what does Arthur ask Linus to do?
(a) Show him the report.
(b) Be careful of Charles Werner.
(c) Stay on the island.
(d) Come back to visit them.

14. In Chapter Eighteen, Linus puts on what he thinks is a Sinatra record. Which artist does it turn out to be?
(a) Elvis.
(b) Buddy Holly.
(c) The Big Bopper.
(d) Bobby Darin.

15. In Chapter Thirteen, what does Arthur say the spiders represent to Lucy?
(a) His biological father.
(b) DICOMY and their orphanages.
(c) What is happening inside Lucy's mind.
(d) Linus's investigation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lyric from Nat King Cole's "Smile" especially affects Linus during the party in Chapter Seventeen?

2. When Linus returns to his house in the city in Chapter Eighteen, what does Mrs. Klapper tell him she wants Linus to pay her for?

3. When Linus leaves the offices of Extremely Upper Management in Chapter Eighteen, what does the receptionist tell him?

4. In Chapter Sixteen, what does Theodore's main hoard reveal he values?

5. In Chapter Twelve, why does Linus think that he might have been wrong to talk with Sal about moving the typewriter?

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