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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis call Tarby in Chapter Nine?
(a) "Carrot-top" (143).
(b) "Carrot cake" (143).
(c) "Red-haired spigot" (143).
(d) "Candle-head" (143).

2. Where does Lewis find Tarby in Chapter Nine?
(a) At the baseball diamond behind the school.
(b) At his dad's house.
(c) At work.
(d) At Uncle Jonathan's.

3. What from the organ does Lewis crush against his face in Chapter Eight?
(a) A toad.
(b) An organ-piece.
(c) A silver-gray moth.
(d) A butterfly.

4. How does Lewis feel at the beginning of Chapter Seven?
(a) Filled with guilt and remorse.
(b) Shamed.
(c) Happy.
(d) Excited for Christmas.

5. What does Uncle Jonathan also invent for Christmas?
(a) A Jolt Pan Jingle.
(b) A Screw-wrangle Scrooge.
(c) A Scrupulous Santa.
(d) A Fuse Box Dwarf.

6. What does Hammerhandle yell at Lewis in Chapter Seven?
(a) To come into the house.
(b) To be friendly.
(c) To stay away from the house.
(d) To see the cool new hammer handles.

7. Who stops Lewis, Uncle Jonathan, and Mrs. Zimmerman in Chapter Ten from reaching the magic clock?
(a) Mr. Izard.
(b) Mr. Zimmerman.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Mrs. Izard.

8. What do Izard's notes say as revealed in Chapter Eight?
(a) He is making a clock to bring heaven to earth.
(b) He is making a clock to bring Doomsday.
(c) He is making a clock to crack open the Earth.
(d) He is making a clock to keep time for cooking his chicken.

9. What do Uncle Jonathan, Lewis, and Mrs. Zimmerman find in Chapter Ten when they return to the house?
(a) The house was robbed.
(b) The clock is gone.
(c) The ticking is louder than ever.
(d) The house is destroyed.

10. Where is the entrance to the mansion's secret passageway, as said in Chapter Eight?
(a) In a china cupboard.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the coal bin.
(d) In the basement.

11. What do Mrs. Zimmerman and Uncle Jonathan notice about Lewis in Chapter Six?
(a) He wants to move towns.
(b) He seems to have found new friends.
(c) He is acting different.
(d) He is acting happier.

12. What does Lewis do in Chapter Eight when the person he finds at the door at night speaks to him?
(a) Scream.
(b) Faint.
(c) Run.
(d) Yell for Uncle Jonathan.

13. What wakes up Lewis in Chapter Eight a week before Christmas?
(a) Mrs. Izard.
(b) The doorbell ringing.
(c) A ghost.
(d) Babies crying.

14. What does Lewis find within an organ in the mansion in Chapter Eight?
(a) Uncle Jonathan's notes.
(b) Mrs. Izard's notes.
(c) Isaac Izard's notes.
(d) Mrs. Zimmerman's cookbook.

15. Where do they stop in Chapter Six on the way back to New Zebedee?
(a) An all-night diner.
(b) The Wilder Creek Park.
(c) A witches store.
(d) The grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis do to the clock in Chapter Ten?

2. When had Lewis seen Hammerhandle last, as said in Chapter Seven?

3. Who is in the picture that Lewis sees on the Hanchett's wall in Chapter Nine?

4. Why does Uncle Jonathan stop the car in Chapter Six?

5. What does Uncle Jonathan make to hang on the Christmas Tree in Chapter Eight?

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