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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) "Joyful" (157).
(b) "Useless" (157).
(c) "Delightful" (157).
(d) "Wild swoops, sudden inexplicable discoveries, cloud thinking" (157).

2. What does Uncle Jonathan say the omega sign means in Chapter Six?
(a) The Beginning of the World.
(b) The Beginning of a New Chapter.
(c) The Close of a Door.
(d) The Last Judgement or the End of the World.

3. What comes to Lewis' mind for courage in the middle of Chapter Nine?
(a) An old friend's words.
(b) A church hymn saying all men must decide between good or evil as some point.
(c) His favorite food.
(d) Uncle Jonathan's smile.

4. What do Uncle John, Mrs. Zimmerman, and Lewis see in Chapter Six when they return home from a drive?
(a) They have been vandalized.
(b) The front door is ajar.
(c) The windows of the house are broken.
(d) They have a new neighbor.

5. What does Lewis do in Chapter Eight when the person he finds at the door at night speaks to him?
(a) Run.
(b) Scream.
(c) Faint.
(d) Yell for Uncle Jonathan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Chapter Nine does Lewis go with the object he takes from Uncle Jonathan's study?

2. What does Lewis realize in Chapter Six?

3. What does Uncle Jonathan also invent for Christmas?

4. Where do they stop in Chapter Six on the way back to New Zebedee?

5. What does Lewis see in the Hanchett's in Chapter Nine after he leaves the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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 ask Uncle Jonathan about the Hanchett House in Chapter Eight? How does Uncle Jonathan respond?

6. What does Lewis find in an organ in Chapter Eight? What does this object say?

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

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

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

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

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