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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 the nickname of the caretaker of the house ?
(a) Mr. Hercules.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) Mr. Mars.
(d) Mr. Pluto.

2. Where is Thomas when he makes his discovery?
(a) On the roof of a house
(b) Above a capped well.
(c) Above a secret tunnel.
(d) Above a geothermal source.

3. What does Thomas think Mr. Pluto is?
(a) The devil.
(b) A secret agent.
(c) A ghost.
(d) A poor caretaker.

4. What was the name of the man who built the house?
(a) Morgan White.
(b) Mark Singer.
(c) Tadehus Blick.
(d) Dies Drear.

5. Where is the tunnel hiding?
(a) Behind the office.
(b) Behind the front porch steps.
(c) Below the bathroom.
(d) In front of the stables.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Thomas plunge into total darkness?

2. What do Thomas and his family do after his father blocks the access to the tunnel?

3. What does Dies Drear's nickname mean?

4. How did the man who built the house die?

5. Why isn't Thomas worried about the rumors about the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Thomas find in the kitchen?

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

4. What name was Dies Drear also known by?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Mr. Small tell Thomas about the sound he heard the night before?

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

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