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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis say he will do to keep Tarby’s interest in Chapter Four?
(a) Chase snakes.
(b) Eat a worm.
(c) Clean all of Tarby's shoes.
(d) Raise the dead.

2. How did Tarby break his arm as said in Chapter Three?
(a) He was cursed by a witch.
(b) He was hanging off of a tree by his knees and fell.
(c) He got in a fight with another kid.
(d) He jumped off of a cliff.

3. How does Mrs. Zimmerman appear in Chapter Two?
(a) Through the fire place.
(b) Through the kitchen sink.
(c) Through a trap door in the study room bookshelf.
(d) Out of thin air.

4. What does Tarby teach Lewis to do in Chapter Three?
(a) Read books.
(b) Hit a baseball.
(c) Talk sarcastically.
(d) Run fast.

5. How does Tarby act after the magic in Chapter Three?
(a) Loud and excited.
(b) Sarcastic and ironic.
(c) Unusually quiet.
(d) Frightened and shivering.

6. Why is Lewis going in Chapter One to live with Uncle Jonathan?
(a) He does not like his parents.
(b) He was left at an orphanage as a small boy.
(c) He is going to learn magic.
(d) His parents were killed in an automobile accident.

7. Which tomb do Lewis and Tarby decide to resurrect in Chapter Four?
(a) A tomb with a stone tree growing out of the middle.
(b) A mausoleum with a symbol they think is a funny “O” on the front.
(c) A tomb with a gargoyle on the front.
(d) A tomb with a white lamb faded grey.

8. What does Lewis do to get to the graveyard faster in Chapter Five?
(a) Take the long route.
(b) Take a shortcut.
(c) Take the car.
(d) Take a boat.

9. What do the three characters play together in Chapter One?
(a) Spit-out-the-Window.
(b) Hide and Seek.
(c) Poker.
(d) Johnny's Nightshirt.

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

11. What does Tarby do when Lewis first tells him about Uncle Jonathan’s magic in Chapter Three?
(a) Make fun of Lewis.
(b) Ask Lewis to show him proof.
(c) Get scared and run away.
(d) Tell the other boys.

12. What does Lewis see when he hears a noise in the hallway in Chapter One?
(a) Mrs. Zimmerman with her ear to the wall.
(b) A clock walking down the hall.
(c) Uncle Jonathan hitting a hole into the wall.
(d) A ghost from the mantle.

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

14. What do the boys do in Chapter Five when they realize what is happening?
(a) They go into the tomb.
(b) They call out Serenna's name.
(c) They call for help.
(d) They run down the hill.

15. What does Lewis tell Tarby in Chapter Four that Uncle Jonathan can do?
(a) Create houses.
(b) Call genies.
(c) Fly.
(d) Raise the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in Chapter Five when Lewis begins chanting?

2. Who was the previous owner of Barnvault’s Folly as said in Chapter Two?

3. Why does Uncle Jonathan sometimes turn off the clocks at night as he says in Chapter Two?

4. What does Lewis need to complete the spell in Chapter Five?

5. What is the name of the mansion that Uncle Jonathan lives in, as said in Chapter One?

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