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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 does Lewis not want to do in Chapter Seven?
(a) Tell Jonathan he wants to go home.
(b) Talk to Mrs. Izard.
(c) Face his demons.
(d) Tell Jonathan what he has done.

2. 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.

3. Why does Uncle Jonathan stop the car in Chapter Six?
(a) He wants to switch driving with Mrs. Zimmerman.
(b) He wants to see the scenery.
(c) He hears a car following them.
(d) He has a flat tire.

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

5. What does the Ace of Nitwits card in Chapter Ten look like?
(a) A nit on a wit.
(b) A twit on a wit.
(c) The Ace of Spades in green.
(d) Corn and green peppers around a professor eating ice cream off of his head.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Uncle Jonathan say to Lewis when he sees Izard's papers in Chapter Eight?

3. What do Lewis, Uncle Jonathan, and Mrs. Zimmerman find in Chapter Ten behind the coal bin?

4. Who does Lewis find at the door at night in Chapter Eight?

5. What do Lewis, Uncle Jonathan, and Mrs. Zimmerman ask in Chapter Ten where the magic clock is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lewis do after he talks to Tarby in Chapter Nine? What does he decide?

2. How do they celebrate Christmas at the Barnavelt’s house in Chapter Eight? How does Lewis feel?

3. Why does the car in Chapter Six stop following them? What rule of magic does Uncle Jonathan say this relates to?

4. What does Lewis go to do in Chapter Nine? What does he learn there?

5. Why do Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman say Isaac Izard needed a clock in Chapter Eight? What else went wrong with Izard’s plan?

6. What does Hammerhandle tell Lewis in Chapter Eight? What does Uncle Jonathan say in response to this?

7. Why does Lewis feel sick in the beginning of Chapter Seven? What does he realize he has done?

8. In Chapter Seven, why does Lewis not tell Uncle Jonathan what he has done? What does he think of that stops him?

9. What does Uncle Jonathan do when the car starts to follow them in Chapter Six? What part of the car reminds Lewis of something, and what does it remind him of?

10. What does Lewis do after he sees his Aunt Mattie in Chapter Eight? What else does he see?

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