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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 did Mr. Pluto find the tunnels?
(a) After exausting all other posibilities.
(b) Using a metal detector.
(c) By following a fox.
(d) By accident.

2. How does Pesty's mount appear to the intruders?
(a) As a large group of slaves.
(b) As a large triangle.
(c) As a tank.
(d) As a flying horse.

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

4. What did Mr. Pluto lose while protecting the tunnels from the Darrows?
(a) His sanity.
(b) His wife and child.
(c) His dog.
(d) His job.

5. Who does Thomas' father talk to at the Carr filing station?
(a) The oldest boy.
(b) The youngest boy.
(c) Mrs. Darrow.
(d) The owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What family does Mr. Carr speak of to Thomas's father?

2. What do Thomas and his family do before returning home after going to the Carr filling station?

3. What do Thomas and his father find inside the cave?

4. What do Thomas and his father find in the secret passage with Mr. Pluto?

5. What is Mr. Pluto driven to do according to his son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is finally decided about the scheme?

2. What seems to help Mr. Small understand?

3. What impression does Thomas have when his family attends church in Chapter 10?

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

5. What does Mr. Carr share when they visit the station?

6. What does the family go in search of?

7. What does Mr. Pluto tell the Smalls about the room?

8. What roles do Thomas, Mr. Small and Mayhew have in the scheme?

9. What do the Darrows want?

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

(see the answer keys)

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