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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Zimmerman say in Chapter Nine after she emerges from the Hanchett's?
(a) They must find the clock.
(b) Mrs. Izard is defeated.
(c) Mr. Izard is coming.
(d) Mrs. Zimmerman was overpowered.

2. What does the Hanchett's son say when Uncle Jonathan phones them in Chapter Seven?
(a) They do not want to talk to him and are talking about ghosts.
(b) They want a new house.
(c) They had seen Mrs. Izard alive.
(d) They disliked him as a neighbor.

3. What, in Chapter Nine, does Lewis like to stand on as he gets dressed?
(a) The mirror.
(b) A chair.
(c) A handmade hooked rug.
(d) The roof.

4. How does Uncle Jonathan say their magic is in Chapter Ten?
(a) "Joyful" (157).
(b) "Delightful" (157).
(c) "Wild swoops, sudden inexplicable discoveries, cloud thinking" (157).
(d) "Useless" (157).

5. Who is the realtor for the Hanchett's, as said in Chapter Seven?
(a) God.
(b) Bishop Barlow.
(c) The Devil.
(d) The Archbishop of Diocese.

6. What does Lewis do in Chapter Eight to hear what Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman really think about Isaac Izard?
(a) Confronts them.
(b) Asks their opinions.
(c) Goes into the parlor.
(d) Sneaks into the secret passageways.

7. What does Lewis do to the clock in Chapter Ten?
(a) Sets it back two hours.
(b) Winds it faster.
(c) Smashes it.
(d) Pulls out the cuckoo at the top.

8. What does Uncle Jonathan say the omega sign means in Chapter Six?
(a) The Beginning of the World.
(b) The Beginning of a New Chapter.
(c) The Last Judgement or the End of the World.
(d) The Close of a Door.

9. What is the article in the New Zebedee Chronicle in Chapter Six?
(a) That Halloween was fun.
(b) That there will be a free dinner that night at the community center.
(c) That the Izard tomb has been vandalized.
(d) That a new president has been elected.

10. What does Tarby say when Lewis tries to speak to him in Chapter Nine about the graveyard?
(a) He tells Lewis he will break his arms if he tells anyone.
(b) He tells Lewis to get a new friend.
(c) He tells Lewis to leave him alone.
(d) He tells Lewis he imagined the whole thing.

11. Who is the driver of the moving truck in Chapter Seven?
(a) Hammerhead.
(b) Hammerhandle.
(c) Hammerdead.
(d) Nailhead.

12. What has happened with Lewis and Tarby's friendship in Chapter Seven?
(a) Tarby has found a girlfriend.
(b) Tarby has grown closer to Lewis.
(c) Tarby wants to make new buddies.
(d) Tarby has stopped being Lewis' friend.

13. Where does the magic eight ball tell Lewis that the clock is in Chapter Ten?
(a) In the coal pit.
(b) In his arm pit.
(c) At the Hanchett's.
(d) In the attic.

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

15. What does Lewis think he sees at the end of Chapter Seven?
(a) A pair of gray spectacles on the figure on the porch.
(b) Mr. Izard.
(c) Hammerhandle.
(d) A ghost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chapter Eight say is Lewis' future profession?

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

3. What is in the tunnel behind clock in Chapter Ten?

4. What does Lewis not want to do in Chapter Seven?

5. What does Lewis touch on the mantlepiece in the Hanchett's house in Chapter Nine?

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