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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 are the Smalls and Mayhew doing at the start of Chapter 16?
(a) Drinking some caffee.
(b) Cleaning the kitchen.
(c) Looking at maps of the area.
(d) Pretending to leave the house.

2. What room do they find vandalized?
(a) The garden.
(b) The bedrooms.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The living room.

3. Why do Thomas and his family want to hire a locksmith?
(a) To repair the kitchen door lock.
(b) To repair their car door.
(c) To buy a lock for the tunnels.
(d) To change the locks of the house.

4. How is Mr. Pluto's son dressed?
(a) Like Mr. Darrow.
(b) Like Mr. Pluto.
(c) Like Thomas's father.
(d) Like a priest.

5. What does the vandalizing of the kitchen persuade Thomas' father to do?
(a) Go to the police.
(b) Leave the house.
(c) Keep out of the affairs of Mr.Pluto and the Darrows.
(d) Protect the treasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Thomas' father hope Mr. Pluto will die before he finishes cataloging the Dies Drear treasure?

2. What does Thomas' father try to convince Mr. Pluto of?

3. What is Thomas' position at the start of Chapter 18?

4. Who does the Dies Drear treasure legitimately belong to?

5. What is spread on the walls of the vandalized room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Mayhew and Mr. Pluto believe in Chapter 19?

2. What is Mrs. Small's first impression of the events in their home?

3. Who do Dies Drear leave his treasure to according to Chapter 17?

4. What is finally decided about the scheme?

5. What does Mayhew explain about his father?

6. What does Thomas learn when he finds his father?

7. Where does Mr. Small take the family in Chapter 11?

8. What does Thomas discover when he wakes in the morning?

9. What do Mr. Small and Thomas find when they go into a cave?

10. What do Mr. Small and Thomas find in Chapter 14 when they enter the cave?

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