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

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

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

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

5. What stops the car from chasing them in Chapter Six?
(a) A roadbloack.
(b) A flat tire.
(c) A siren.
(d) Wilder Creek Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis see behind them as they drive in Chapter Six?

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

3. What does Uncle Jonathan say the omega sign means in Chapter Six?

4. Who does Uncle Jonathan say in Chapter Eight is renting the old Hanchett house?

5. What does Lewis do to the clock in Chapter Ten?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who moves in across the street from Barnavelt’s Folly in Chapter Seven? How is this person known in town?

2. What does the article in the New Zebedee Chronicle in Chapter Six say? What does this make Lewis realize?

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

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

5. What do Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman do in Chapter Six to cheer Lewis up? What happens when they are out?

6. What does Lewis see in the Hanchett house in Chapter Nine? What happens between him and Mrs. Izard?

7. What does Lewis ask Uncle Jonathan about the Hanchett House in Chapter Eight? How does Uncle Jonathan respond?

8. Who appears in the basement in Chapter Nine? What are they carrying?

9. In Chapter Ten, how do Uncle Jonathan, Mrs. Zimmerman, and Lewis say the Izard’s magic is? How do they say theirs is?

10. What does Lewis do when he realizes Mrs. Izard is behind them in Chapter Ten? What does he do?

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