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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. How old is the boy according to Thomas?
(a) About half his age.
(b) About twenty.
(c) About his age.
(d) About twice his age.

2. What did Dies Drear give to the people that passed through his house to help them?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Maps of the area.
(d) Horses.

3. Who died with the man who build the house?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Two of his sons.
(c) Two slaves.
(d) his wife.

4. Who is Thomas with when he sees Mr. Pluto riding to church?
(a) With his mother.
(b) With his father.
(c) With his brothers.
(d) Alone.

5. Where does Thomas go after getting up in Chapter 6?
(a) He goes back home.
(b) He goes in the woods.
(c) He goes in an abandoned house.
(d) He goes back in the tunnel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a little frightened by the house?

2. What does Thomas' father feel about the triangles?

3. Why does Thomas plunge into total darkness?

4. What does Thomas' father see in the tunnel?

5. What was Dies Drear's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Thomas dislike his room according to Chapter 8?

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

3. What does Mr. Small find with the diagram he makes?

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

5. Where does Thomas decide to sleep?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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