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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mayhew ask Thomas and his father to do?
(a) Go to the police.
(b) Leave the house.
(c) Go to a theater store.
(d) Go talk to the Darrows.

2. What does Mr. Carr share with Thomas' father?
(a) A map of the local tunnels.
(b) Gossip.
(c) A cup of coffee.
(d) The cigarette.

3. Why does Thomas' father hope Mr. Pluto will die before he finishes cataloging the Dies Drear treasure?
(a) So the Darrows think he is a ghost.
(b) So he doesn't have to pay a fine.
(c) Because he would be arrested.
(d) So he doesn't see the treasure being taken away from him.

4. What is Mr. Pluto doing when Thomas and his father see him?
(a) He is smoking and pacing.
(b) He is fishing.
(c) He is napping.
(d) He is looking at them with binoculars.

5. How do the intruders react to the act?
(a) They are surprised.
(b) They are scared.
(c) They are amused.
(d) They are angry.

6. How is Mr. Pluto's son dressed?
(a) Like Mr. Darrow.
(b) Like Mr. Pluto.
(c) Like Thomas's father.
(d) Like a priest.

7. How does Mr. Pluto characterize River Switch Darrow?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Grumpy.
(c) Lazzy.
(d) Smart.

8. Why does Mayhew want to send his father to the hospital?
(a) To confuse the Darrows and have the doctor assess his condition.
(b) To go back to the city.
(c) To have a psychological evaluation.
(d) To protect him from harm.

9. What is the name of Mr. Pluto's son?
(a) Ethan Skinner.
(b) Mark Skinner.
(c) Mayhew Skinner.
(d) Paul Skinner.

10. What are the Smalls and Mayhew talking about at the start of Chapter 16?
(a) His plan to keep the Darrows away.
(b) Their plan to put Mr, Pluto in a hospital.
(c) Their plan to turn the treasure over to the foundation.
(d) Their plan to involve the police.

11. How did Mr. Pluto find the tunnels?
(a) By following a fox.
(b) By accident.
(c) After exausting all other posibilities.
(d) Using a metal detector.

12. What does Thomas think of the church congregation in Chapter 10?
(a) It looks like a normal one.
(b) There are no boys.
(c) It is larger than it should be.
(d) There are few children.

13. What is the name of the river near the school Thomas will go to?
(a) Little Texas River.
(b) Little Miami River.
(c) Little California River.
(d) Little New York river.

14. What does Mr. Pluto's son tell the Smalls?
(a) That he wants to go back to college.
(b) That he wants his father in a hospital.
(c) That he has a plan to keep the Darrows away from the house forever.
(d) That he wants to take the treasure for himself.

15. What does Mrs. Small say she needs to buy a lot of?
(a) Curtain material.
(b) Food.
(c) Furniture.
(d) Clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Thomas and his father find in the secret passage with Mr. Pluto?

2. What is Thomas' position at the start of Chapter 18?

3. What does the vandalizing of the kitchen persuade Thomas' father to do?

4. What do Thomas and his father find at his office?

5. Where does Mr. Small say a slave could hide from hunters?

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