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

2. When Linus tells Lucy that "the real treasure was the friendships we made along the way," what is Lucy's response (330)?
(a) "Maybe."
(b) "But also the cannibals and snakes."
(c) "You guys are the worst."
(d) "That's what Arthur always says."

3. 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) Come back to visit them.
(c) Be careful of Charles Werner.
(d) Stay on the island.

4. In Chapter Nineteen, what is the one thing that Linus takes home from his desk at DICOMY?
(a) The photograph of the children.
(b) RULES AND REGULATIONS.
(c) His final DICOMY report.
(d) The mouse pad.

5. In Chapter Twelve, what does Arthur reveal that he knows about?
(a) The contents of Linus's reports.
(b) The rafts Zoe found.
(c) Linus's feelings for him.
(d) Why DICOMY chose Linus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the children meet outside the ice cream store in Chapter Fourteen, what is Chauncey excited about?

2. In Chapter Eighteen, Linus puts on what he thinks is a Sinatra record. Which artist does it turn out to be?

3. When Arthur was a child, what did he try to do to help himself and the other children at the Marsyas Orphanage?

4. In Chapter Twelve, what do all of the songs on the record have in common?

5. Where do the children lead Linus on their adventure in Chapter Seventeen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What details does the narrative give to show how depressing Linus's return to the city is?

2. When Linus tells Mrs. Klapper that he is leaving permanently, what questions does she ask him?

3. In Linus's Chapter Eleven report to DICOMY, what first impression about the orphanage does he try to correct?

4. In the beginning of Chapter Nineteen, who appears at Linus's desk, and why has she come to see him?

5. What demands do the children make when Linus returns to the island?

6. In Chapter Sixteen, how does Theodore show his trust in and feelings for Linus?

7. When Lucy's records are broken in Chapter Thirteen, what do Linus and Arthur each do to comfort him?

8. In Linus's Chapter Eleven report to DICOMY, what does he have to say about the "SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING" campaign?

9. In their Chapter Twelve conversation, what is it reasonable to infer changes Arthur's mind about taking the children off the island?

10. In Chapter Sixteen, what two reasons does Arthur have for finally revealing himself as a phoenix?

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