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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'' father's job?
(a) He is a blacksmith.
(b) He is a history professor.
(c) He is a lawyer.
(d) He is a doctor.

2. How did the man who built the house die?
(a) He drown.
(b) He was killed.
(c) He died of old age.
(d) He had a horse accident.

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

4. What does Thomas' father see in the tunnel?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Mr. Pluto.
(c) Rats.
(d) A dog.

5. What does Thomas find offensive?
(a) The condition of the stables.
(b) The smell of the toilet.
(c) Mr. Pluto's furniture arrangement.
(d) The color scheme of the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did Dies Drear send his guest to?

2. What does the man tell Thomas?

3. What does Thomas' father do with the triangles before trying to fit them together?

4. How many slaves were captured with the house owner?

5. What was the name of the network that helped escaped slaves going north in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Underground Railroad according to Chapter 1?

2. What does Mr. Small do to the mechanism?

3. What do Thomas and his father discuss while eating?

4. What does Thomas drop and what happens while is was walking?

5. What did Dies Drear give to others according to Chapter 2?

6. What does Thomas discover when he is looking at the heavy front door?

7. What do Mr. Small and Thomas think is a warning?

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

9. What happens while the Small family sleeps?

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

(see the answer keys)

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