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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 investigating?
(a) A scream by his wife.
(b) The noises Thomas made.
(c) A ghost sighting.
(d) Noises by Thomas' brothers.

2. 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) School.
(c) Great battles of the Civil War.
(d) His work.

3. What does Mr. Pluto's gesture suggest to Thomas?
(a) That he is a nice person.
(b) That Mr. Pluto wants them to leave soon.
(c) That he wants them to buy the house.
(d) That he is color blind.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Thomas' parents have a queer reaction to?

3. What is the nickname of the caretaker of the house ?

4. Where is the flashlight Thomas uses in the tunnel?

5. What attracts Thomas' father's sight?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Thomas notice about Mr. Small at the end of Chapter 7?

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

7. How is the house of Dies Drear described at the start of Chapter 3?

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

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

10. Who does Thomas think fondly of when moving to Ohio?

(see the answer keys)

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