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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis see behind them as they drive in Chapter Six?
(a) A tow truck.
(b) A truck.
(c) "Two cold circles of light" (96).
(d) A hot air balloon.

2. Who is Mrs. Corrigan?
(a) Uncle Jonathan's mom.
(b) Lewis' mom.
(c) Tarby's mom.
(d) Mrs. Zimmerman's daughter.

3. Who does Lewis find at the door at night in Chapter Eight?
(a) His dead dog Ralph.
(b) Uncle Jonathan.
(c) His dead Aunt Mattie.
(d) Mrs. Izard.

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

5. How many siblings does Tarby have?
(a) 12.
(b) One.
(c) 13.
(d) Nine.

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

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

8. How does Uncle Jonathan have to wear the Ace of Nitwits in Chapter Ten?
(a) Stuck to his head with a piece of bubblegum.
(b) On his back,
(c) In his pocket.
(d) In his armpit.

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

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

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

12. What does Mrs. Corrigan ask Lewis in Chapter Nine?
(a) To take Tarby his lunch.
(b) To not come back.
(c) To be better friends to Tarby.
(d) To not tell Tarby any more ghost stories.

13. Why does Uncle Jonathan say the Izards want to end the world in Chapter Eight?
(a) Because they did not enjoy this world very much.
(b) Because the dead are their best buddies.
(c) Because they want a fresh start.
(d) Because they like chaos.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Zimmerman say in Chapter Nine after she emerges from the Hanchett's?

2. How is Hammerhandle known in New Zebedee as said in Chapter Seven?

3. Why does the object in Chapter Ten not answer Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman's question regarding where the magic clock is?

4. Where is the entrance to the mansion's secret passageway, as said in Chapter Eight?

5. How does Lewis feel at the beginning of Chapter Seven?

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