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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. What is Thomas watching at the start of Chapter 8?
(a) His brothers.
(b) His father talking.
(c) TV.
(d) His mother sewing.

2. What furniture does Thomas dislike in his bedroom?
(a) The desk.
(b) The dresser.
(c) His bed.
(d) A heavy chair.

3. Where is the house located on the landscape?
(a) On the top of the hill.
(b) In the middle of the town.
(c) Near the interstate.
(d) On a ravine.

4. Why does Thomas go outside to look around the house?
(a) To look for the treasure.
(b) To try to find rocks for his collection.
(c) To try to guess the secret passages and rooms.
(d) To try to find the girl again.

5. How is Thomas' father looking at Mr Pluto?
(a) Harshy.
(b) Nicely.
(c) With fear.
(d) Oddly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does Thomas' father ask him to describe before going to church?

2. What does the man tell Thomas?

3. Where is Mr. Pluto when Thomas' father arrive?

4. What did Dies Drear give to the people that passed through his house to help them?

5. What does Thomas' father say to Mr Pluto?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thomas find in the kitchen?

2. What name was Dies Drear also known by?

3. Why is the caretaker of the house also known as Mr. Pluto?

4. At the start of Chapter 4, who arrives at the house?

5. What happens while the Small family sleeps?

6. Who is the house they were moving to once owned by?

7. What does Thomas tell his father about at the start of Chapter 5?

8. Where does Thomas decide to sleep?

9. Where does Thomas' father find Mr. Pluto in Chapter 7?

10. Who do they see when Thomas accompanies his father outside?

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