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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Uncle Jonathan’s magic staff described like in Chapter Three?
(a) Ivory with a springy sword inside.
(b) Green and pink with vines crawling up the outside.
(c) Elder wood with a phoenix feather inside.
(d) Wood, with a glowing grey globe on the end, and a miniature castle inside.

2. What happens with Tarby and Lewis in Chapter Four?
(a) Tarby asks Lewis to move away.
(b) Tarby asks Lewis to teach him magic.
(c) Tarby hangs out with him more.
(d) Tarby hangs out with Lewis less and less.

3. What does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis about himself and Mrs. Zimmerman in Chapter Two?
(a) They are getting divorced.
(b) They are getting married.
(c) They have never been friends.
(d) They are both wizards.

4. What happens after the moon goes out in Chapter Three?
(a) The yard lights up with strange sights and sounds.
(b) The ghost appears.
(c) Isaac Izard appears.
(d) The stars go out.

5. What does Lewis find strange in Chapter Two about a coatrack?
(a) It has turned orange.
(b) It has turned into a stained glass castle.
(c) A picture of a Mayan castle has appeared where a mirror used to be.
(d) It has disappeared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the previous owner of Barnavelt’s Folly do as said in Chapter Two?

2. What does Lewis find out about Uncle Jonathan’s night walks in Chapter Two?

3. What does Tarby teach Lewis to do in Chapter Three?

4. What does Lewis see in Chapter Five as he tries to fall asleep?

5. What is Uncle Jonathan doing at night in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lewis do when he gets home in Chapter Five? What does he dream about that night?

2. What does Lewis do to resurrect the dead in Chapter Five? What does he have to do to complete the spell and how does he do this?

3. What does Lewis notice that is weird in the mansion in Chapter Two?

4. What happens when Uncle Jonathan hears a clock when he picks Jonathan up in Chapter One? What does Lewis observe about Jonathan when he is walking with him to the mansion?

5. What happens with Lewis and Tarby’s friendship in Chapter Four? How does Lewis feel about this change?

6. How do Lewis and Tarby become friends in Chapter Three? What does Lewis want to do for Tarby?

7. What does Tarby say about Uncle Jonathan’s magic in Chapter Four? What does Lewis say to change Tarby’s mind?

8. What does Lewis find Mrs. Zimmerman doing in Chapter One when he first sees her? Why does he feel embarrassed at this?

9. What is strange to Lewis about playing poker in Chapter One?

10. How does Uncle Jonathan explain to Lewis that magic works in Chapter Two? How is this different than Lewis’ previous idea?

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