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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is carved on the arch of the graveyard as said in Chapter Five?
(a) Death approaches with steady footsteps.
(b) You all will die.
(c) Think of your last day.
(d) The trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised.

2. Who was the previous owner of Barnvault’s Folly as said in Chapter Two?
(a) Isaac Izard and his wife.
(b) Uncle Jonathan.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Mrs. Zimmerman.

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

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

5. What comes out from the tomb in Chapter Five?
(a) Isaac Izard.
(b) Selenna in the form of an old woman.
(c) Something black and oozing.
(d) Uncle Jonathan.

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

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 a boat.
(d) Take the car.

9. What does Lewis look at the Spanish Armada in Chapter Four through?
(a) Through a telescope.
(b) Through a spyglass.
(c) Through binoculars.
(d) Through his glasses.

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

11. Who does Lewis become friends with in Chapter Three?
(a) Tarby.
(b) Uncle Jonathan.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Isaac Izard.

12. What does Tarby do instead of playing baseball with Lewis in Chapter Four?
(a) Play football.
(b) Kick pine cones.
(c) Run track.
(d) Play soccer.

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

14. What does Uncle Jonathan use to create a reflection of the moon in Chapter Three?
(a) Water from the tap put into a teacup.
(b) Water from the mansion’s gutters.
(c) Water from the nearby stream.
(d) Three pails of water from the rain barrel in a birdbath.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Tarby and Lewis decide to raise the dead in Chapter Four?

2. What does Uncle Jonathan consult to see if he can eclipse the moon in Chapter Three?

3. What does Uncle Jonathan have on his table in Chapter One?

4. What does Lewis say he will do to keep Tarby’s interest in Chapter Four?

5. What does Lewis want to do for Tarby in Chapter Three?

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