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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Pluto driven to do according to his son?
(a) Protect the treasure.
(b) Hide.
(c) Fight against the Darrows.
(d) Hoard the treasure.

2. Why do Thomas, his father and Mayhew wait in a specific position in Chapter 18?
(a) To blend with the folliage.
(b) To hide from the Darrows.
(c) To hide their glowing makeup.
(d) To keep each other in sight.

3. How does Pesty's mount appear to the intruders?
(a) As a large group of slaves.
(b) As a tank.
(c) As a large triangle.
(d) As a flying horse.

4. Who wants to be a ghost?
(a) Mr. Pluto.
(b) Mayhew.
(c) Mrs. Small.
(d) Thomas.

5. What room do they find vandalized?
(a) The living room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The garden.
(d) The bedrooms.

6. Why is Thomas' family directed to the Carr filling station?
(a) There is no locksmith in town.
(b) The locksmith works there part time.
(c) The locksmith prices are too high.
(d) The locksmith is away for the day.

7. Who greets Thomas' family warmly?
(a) The preacher.
(b) Robert Charles.
(c) The congregation.
(d) Mrs. Darrow.

8. Who walks Thomas and his father back to their home?
(a) Pesty.
(b) Mr. Pluto.
(c) Mr. Pluto's son.
(d) Nobody.

9. Where does Thomas go after waking up the following morning?
(a) He stays in his bedroom.
(b) To the cave.
(c) To the kitchen.
(d) To the tunnel.

10. Who does Thomas' father talk to at the Carr filing station?
(a) The owner.
(b) The youngest boy.
(c) Mrs. Darrow.
(d) The oldest boy.

11. Where does Thomas' father bring his family after church?
(a) To the park.
(b) To the police station.
(c) To a welcome party.
(d) To the university where he will be teaching.

12. What do Thomas and his father find in the secret passage with Mr. Pluto?
(a) Many treasures.
(b) The tomb of Dies Drear.
(c) Another empty room.
(d) Two cloaked men.

13. What does Mr. Pluto's son hope to do by dressing as he does?
(a) Enter the Darrow's house at night.
(b) Look for other tunnels uninterrupted.
(c) Confuse the Darrows.
(d) Defraud the Darrows.

14. What does Mr. Pluto think of scaring the Darrows?
(a) It is risky.
(b) They already tried it and it failed.
(c) It is foolish.
(d) It is a good idea.

15. 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 see the treasure being taken away from him.
(c) Because he would be arrested.
(d) So he doesn't have to pay a fine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Thomas, his father and Mayhew dressed?

2. How is Mr. Pluto's son dressed?

3. What is the name of the school Thomas will go to?

4. Where are Thomas, his father and Mayhew waiting?

5. Who are Thomas, his father and Mayhew waiting for?

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