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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) Mr. Izard is coming.
(b) Mrs. Izard is defeated.
(c) They must find the clock.
(d) Mrs. Zimmerman was overpowered.

2. What does Uncle Jonathan say was on the front of the mausoleum in Chapter Six?
(a) A kappa sign.
(b) An alpha sign.
(c) A gamma sign.
(d) An omega sign.

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

4. What do Lewis, Uncle Jonathan, and Mrs. Zimmerman do first in Lewis' instructions in Chapter Ten?
(a) Find the Ace of Nitwits.
(b) Put lighted candles in all the windows.
(c) Eat cookies.
(d) Line their ears with twitpits.

5. What does Uncle Jonathan say when he sees Hammerhandle across the street in Chapter Seven?
(a) "I might have known he'd be in on it" (111).
(b) "Good riddance" (111).
(c) "Bad luck" (111).
(d) "Oh well" (111).

6. What does the car chase in Chapter Six remind Lewis of?
(a) His toy cars.
(b) The action movies he watches.
(c) His favorite TV shows.
(d) Pretending to have a car chase while a kid.

7. What does Uncle Jonathan make to hang on the Christmas Tree in Chapter Eight?
(a) A twinkling star top.
(b) A live pickle inside the branches.
(c) An angel singing from the branches.
(d) Ornaments showing different battles in history.

8. What do Lewis, Uncle Jonathan, and Mrs. Zimmerman ask in Chapter Ten where the magic clock is?
(a) The piano.
(b) The ouija board.
(c) Lewis' eight ball.
(d) The Christmas tree.

9. What does Lewis see at the end of Chapter Seven at the Hanchett's former house?
(a) Mr. Izard.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A figure at the uppermost window watching the skies.
(d) A figure stepping out onto the porch.

10. What happens to Mrs. Izard in Chapter Ten?
(a) She is reunited with Mr. Izard.
(b) She ends the world.
(c) She falls to the ground as a skull when the clock is smashed.
(d) She reforms to good.

11. What does Uncle Jonathan say to Lewis when he sees Izard's papers in Chapter Eight?
(a) Izard is a lizard.
(b) Izard was crazy, nothing to worry about.
(c) Izard is going to end us all.
(d) Izard just liked watching the skies.

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

13. What does Lewis call out to Mrs. Izard in Chapter Nine?
(a) That her plan is foiled.
(b) That he challenges her to a duel.
(c) That he is going to put her back into the grave.
(d) That he is here to help her.

14. What does Lewis take from Uncle Jonathan's study in Chapter Nine?
(a) His boots.
(b) His magic staff.
(c) His envelopes.
(d) His cash envelope.

15. Who does Uncle Jonathan say in Chapter Eight is renting the old Hanchett house?
(a) Mrs. O'Meagher.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Hammerhead.
(d) Mrs. Zimmerman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis do in Chapter Eight to hear what Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman really think about Isaac Izard?

2. What occurs to Lewis in Chapter Nine after he talks to Tarby?

3. What, in Chapter Nine, does Lewis like to stand on as he gets dressed?

4. What had Lewis' mother scared him with as a kid, as said in Chapter Seven?

5. What does Uncle Jonathan do when Lewis asks him what his words regarding Hammerhandle meant later in Chapter Seven?

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