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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis do in the three weeks before he returns to school in Chapter Two?
(a) Read all the books in the house.
(b) Run away.
(c) Explore New Zebedee and Barnavelt's Folly.
(d) Eat lots of chocolate.

2. Who greets Lewis when he gets off of the train in Chapter One?
(a) No one.
(b) A ghost.
(c) Mrs. Zimmerman.
(d) Uncle Jonathan.

3. What does Uncle Jonathan do with the reflection of the moon in Chapter Three?
(a) Throw it like a Frisbee for the dog to catch.
(b) Eat it.
(c) Offer it to Lewis and Tarby to play with.
(d) Pick it up and throw it.

4. Where has Lewis heard about the Spanish Armada as he says in Chapter Four?
(a) In Uncle Jonathan’s stories.
(b) In John L. Stoddard’s books.
(c) In his dreams.
(d) In his school classes.

5. What is Uncle Jonathan doing at night in Chapter Two?
(a) Turning off all of the clocks.
(b) Trying to scare Lewis.
(c) Prowling for burglars.
(d) Writing a novel about haunted houses.

6. What does Lewis realize at the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) He does not even like Tarby.
(b) He wants to live somewhere else.
(c) He is not going through with the plan.
(d) He is late to see Tarby.

7. What is the passage about that Lewis reads at night in Chapter One?
(a) About a haunted watchtower.
(b) About a young orphan boy making his way in the world.
(c) About Rizzio being killed by Scots in front of Mary, Queen of Scots.
(d) About ghosts at night.

8. What is the town that Lewis is going to live in, as said in Chapter One?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) New York.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) New Zebedee, New Michagan.

9. What does Lewis do when he tries to hit a baseball as said in Chapter Three?
(a) He lays down and lets the ball hit him.
(b) He runs away from the ball.
(c) He throws the bat.
(d) He hits a home-run every time.

10. What did Uncle Jonathan get his university degree in as he tells Lewis in Chapter Two?
(a) Flying.
(b) Magical spells.
(c) Animating dead bodies.
(d) Animal husbandry.

11. Why does Uncle Jonathan sometimes turn off the clocks at night as he says in Chapter Two?
(a) To have peace and quiet.
(b) To possibly hear where the magical clock is and turn it off.
(c) To feel safe.
(d) To feel scared.

12. What does Uncle Lewis do when he catches Lewis following him at night in Chapter Two?
(a) Tells him to go back to bed.
(b) Tells him a bedtime story.
(c) Invites him into the room.
(d) Scolds him.

13. What does Lewis start doing to prepare for the resurrection in Chapter Four?
(a) Running laps around the castle.
(b) Eating only mice.
(c) Reading all of John L. Stoddard's books.
(d) Reading Uncle Jonathan’s necromancy books.

14. What does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis about himself and Mrs. Zimmerman in Chapter Two?
(a) They are both wizards.
(b) They are getting divorced.
(c) They have never been friends.
(d) They are getting married.

15. What does Lewis say to himself on the train in Chapter One?
(a) A wish to be home.
(b) The Ten Commandments.
(c) Altar boy prayers.
(d) A prayer to his parent's ghosts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Uncle Jonathan say he can eclipse the moon in Chapter Three?

2. What does Lewis tell Tarby in Chapter Four that Uncle Jonathan can do?

3. What does Lewis find out about Uncle Jonathan’s night walks in Chapter Two?

4. What name does Lewis write in the pentagram in Chapter Five?

5. How does Mrs. Zimmerman appear in Chapter Two?

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