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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Zimmerman from Chapter One?
(a) Uncle Jonathan’s next door neighbor who visits and cooks for him.
(b) The owner of Barnvault's folly.
(c) Uncle Jonathan's wife.
(d) Lewis' grandmother.

2. What does Lewis wish in the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) That Uncle Lewis would raise the dead for him.
(b) That he does not have to go to follow through with the plan.
(c) That he could find another way to win Tarby's friendship.
(d) That he was better friends with Tarby.

3. What did the previous owner of Barnavelt’s Folly do as said in Chapter Two?
(a) Ask the neighbors for help and support.
(b) Marry Mrs. Zimmerman.
(c) Curse Uncle Jonathan.
(d) Hide a magical clock in the walls.

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

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

6. What does Lewis mysteriously know after the moon goes out in Chapter Three?
(a) That Isaac Izard is watching him.
(b) That there is the body of a cat named Texaco buried in the ground below.
(c) That Tarby does not like him.
(d) That he needs to find the moon and put it back into the sky.

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

8. How does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis in Chapter Two that magic works?
(a) By calling on dark spirits.
(b) By creating invisible magical objects.
(c) By using ordinary objects for magical purposes.
(d) By putting faith into the Powers That Be.

9. What illusion does Uncle Jonathan pull up first in Chapter Four?
(a) A Midsummer's Night Dream.
(b) The Battle of Waterloo.
(c) The defeated Spanish Armada.
(d) Napoleon's forces.

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

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

12. What has Uncle Jonathan created a collection of so many clocks as said in Chapter Two?
(a) To become a horologist.
(b) To enjoy the sound.
(c) To drown out the sound of the clocks in the wall.
(d) To create Gothic atmosphere.

13. What does Tarby say at the end of Chapter Five that amazes Lewis?
(a) That he has seen resurrections like this before.
(b) That maybe what they saw was just the moonlight.
(c) That he was not scared.
(d) That he is a dead body.

14. What does Tarby yell when he sees Lewis in Chapter Five?
(a) "You're a liar!" (85).
(b) "There's already a dead body loose!" (85).
(c) "I was just about to leave" (85).
(d) "Boo!" (85).

15. What happens after the moon goes out in Chapter Three?
(a) The ghost appears.
(b) The yard lights up with strange sights and sounds.
(c) Isaac Izard appears.
(d) The stars go out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis find strange in Chapter Two about a coatrack?

2. What does Lewis do to get to the graveyard faster in Chapter Five?

3. Who does Lewis see on deck of the Spanish Armada in Chapter Four?

4. Who greets Lewis when he gets off of the train in Chapter One?

5. What does Uncle Jonathan do with the reflection of the moon in Chapter Three?

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