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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. How does Uncle Jonathan say their magic is in Chapter Ten?
(a) "Delightful" (157).
(b) "Joyful" (157).
(c) "Useless" (157).
(d) "Wild swoops, sudden inexplicable discoveries, cloud thinking" (157).

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

3. What does Uncle Jonathan tell Lewis to do in Chapter Ten?
(a) Go back to the Hanchett's.
(b) Go find the clock.
(c) Write the silliest instructions he can think of.
(d) Eat all the chocolate chip cookies.

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

5. What does Uncle Jonathan also invent for Christmas?
(a) A Fuse Box Dwarf.
(b) A Scrupulous Santa.
(c) A Screw-wrangle Scrooge.
(d) A Jolt Pan Jingle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis call Tarby in Chapter Nine?

2. What happens in December in Chapter Seven?

3. How does Uncle Jonathan have to wear the Ace of Nitwits in Chapter Ten?

4. What does the Hanchett's son say when Uncle Jonathan phones them in Chapter Seven?

5. What does Uncle Jonathan do after he gets out of the car in Chapter Six?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Uncle Jonathan, Mrs. Zimmerman, and Lewis find when they return home in Chapter Six? What do they find inside?

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

3. In Chapter Seven, Hammerhandle move across the street from Barnvault’s Folly. He is known for his mean temper and for being rumored to be able to tell the future. His name is from the handles he makes for Hammers and other instruments.

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

5. What does Lewis see at night in Chapter Eight? What do they say?

6. How does Uncle Jonathan say in Chapter Six that Izard’s tomb was marked? What did this symbol mean?

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

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

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

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

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