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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. Where is Mr. Pluto when Thomas' father arrive?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In front of the back door.
(c) In the living room.
(d) On the porch.

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

3. Where does Thomas burst through at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) The front door.
(b) The kitchen door.
(c) The living room door.
(d) The back door.

4. What do Thomas and his father do after blocking the access to the tunnel?
(a) They talk about all the tunnels that exist in the house.
(b) Great battles of the Civil War.
(c) School.
(d) His work.

5. What does the man tell Thomas?
(a) To get off his house.
(b) To leave his planks alone.
(c) To stop bouncing on the capped well.
(d) To stop digging in his garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attracts Thomas' father's sight?

2. How does the young girl Thomas meets at the end of Chapter 3 arrive at the house?

3. What does Thomas' mother prepare for breakfast?

4. What do Thomas and his family do after finding the triangles?

5. What is the first thing the boy and the girl ask Thomas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thomas find in the kitchen?

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

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

4. Why does Thomas find the furniture arrangement offensive?

5. What is the rumor about the Dies Drear house?

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

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

8. Where does Thomas decide to sleep?

9. What does Thomas do outside of the house in Chapter 6?

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

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